Prediction of mortality and functional outcome from status epilepticus and independent external validation of STESS and EMSE scores.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Two clinical scoring systems, the status epilepticus severity score (STESS) and the epidemiology-based mortality score in status epilepticus (EMSE), are used to predict mortality in patients with status epilepticus (SE). The aim of this study was to compare the outcome-prediction function of the two scoring systems regarding in-hospital mortality using a multicenter large cohort of adult patients with SE. Moreover, we studied the potential role of these two scoring systems in predicting the functional outcome in patients with SE.

Methods

The SE cohort consisted of patients from the epilepsy centers of eight academic tertiary medical centers in South Korea. The clinical and electroencephalography data for all adult patients with SE from January 2013 to December 201

SUBMITTER: Kang BS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4728818 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature