Medications used for seizure-emergency management in the UK community: A clinical practice research datalink retrospective database study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Assess the prevalence, characteristics, and healthcare resource utilization (HCRU) of patients prescribed certain benzodiazepines for seizure-emergency management in the United Kingdom.

Methods

Retrospective cohort study using Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD-Aurum) and Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data that included patients with ≥1 recorded seizure-emergency medication prescription between 2016 and 2020. Patient characteristics were described for the whole sample. Inpatient, outpatient, and Accident and Emergency (A&E) encounters during 2019 were described. The 2019 prevalence of seizure-emergency medication prescription among patients with epilepsy was calculated.

Results

In 2019, 6.7% (9336/139667) of CPRD-Aurum patients with epilepsy were

SUBMITTER: Ma Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12362172 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature