Citation

Orozco-Hernandez JP, Quintero-Moreno JF, Duque-Salazar C, Gil-Restrepo A, William-Martinez J, Lizcano-Meneses A, Carmona-Villada H. Rev. Neurol. 2017; 65(12): 546-552.

Vernacular Title

Predictores de lesiones asociadas a crisis epilepticas en pacientes adultos con epilepsia en Colombia: estudio de casos y controles.

Affiliation

Neurocentro. Instituto de Epilepsia y Parkinson, Pereira, Colombia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Revista de Neurologia)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

29235617

Abstract

AIM: To identify predictors of seizure related injuries in adult patients with epilepsy in Colombia.

SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Case-control study. Patients with a diagnosis of epilepsy aged 16 years and older who attended the Neurocentro epilepsy center between 2013-2016 and were attended by a specialist in epilepsy were included. Patients with seizure related injuries were defined as the case. The control group was conformed by those without seizure related injuries. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals were calculated. A logistic regression was performed.

RESULTS: A total of 101 (28.5%) patients were cases and 253 (71.5%) were controls. Patients with seizure related injuries were significantly younger than controls at the age of onset of epilepsy (9 vs 12 years; p = 0.017). The significant variables in the bivariate analysis were: some degree of cognitive impairment, drug resistant epilepsy, abnormal neurological examination, and seizures related with changes in the lunar phases. No protective factors were identified. In the multivariate analysis, two variables remained significant: drug resistant epilepsy and some degree of cognitive impairment.

CONCLUSION: Drug-resistant epilepsy and cognitive impairment were predictors of seizure related injuries in adult patients with epilepsy. Adequate pharmacological control of epileptic seizures and prevention recommendations may reduce the risk of seizure related injuries in these patients.

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