Long-term continuation of anti-seizure medications after acute stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the factors associated with the long-term continuation of anti-seizure medications (ASMs) in acute stroke patients.

Methods

We performed a retrospective cohort study of stroke patients with concern for acute symptomatic seizures (ASySs) during hospitalization who subsequently visited the poststroke clinic. All patients had continuous EEG (cEEG) monitoring. We generated a multivariable logistic regression model to analyze the factors associated with the primary outcome of continued ASM use after the first poststroke clinic visit.

Results

A total of 507 patients (43.4% ischemic stroke, 35.7% intracerebral hemorrhage, and 20.9% aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage) were included. Among them, 99 (19.5%) suffered from ASySs, 110 (21.7%) had epileptif

SUBMITTER: Punia V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8419404 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature