Recurrence risk of ictal asystole in epilepsy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the recurrence risk of ictal asystole (IA) and its determining factors in people with epilepsy.

Methods

We performed a systematic review of published cases with IA in 3 databases and additionally searched our local database for patients with multiple seizures simultaneously recorded with ECG and EEG and at least one IA. IA recurrence risk was estimated by including all seizures without knowledge of the chronological order. Various clinical features were assessed by an individual patient data meta-analysis. A random mixed effect logistic regression model was applied to estimate the average recurrence risk of IA. Plausibility of the calculated IA recurrence risk was checked by analyzing the local dataset with available information in chronological order.

SUBMITTER: Hampel KG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5580865 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature