@article{ref1,
title="Seizure-related injuries in multihandicapped patients with therapy-resistant epilepsy",
journal="Epilepsia",
year="1993",
author="Nakken, K. O. and Lossius, R.",
volume="34",
number="5",
pages="836-840",
abstract="A prospective study on seizure-related injuries in Norway's two nursing homes for persons with epilepsy was conducted. Sixty-two multihandicapped patients with mostly difficult-to-treat epilepsy were assessed for 13 months: 6,889 seizures, 2,696 with ensuing falls, resulted in 80 injuries. The seizure-related injury risk was 1.2%. The most frequent injuries were mild soft tissue injuries with and without cuts. Six serious injuries were recorded: two leg fractures, one mandibular fracture, one neck of the femur fracture, one skull fracture, and one subdural hematoma. A 71-year-old woman with subdural hematoma died during operation for the hematoma. Seizure types most often causing injury were atonic and tonic-clonic seizures. Prophylactic measures can be taken. Because the seizure-induced injury risk was slight, we concluded that even persons with refractory epilepsy should be encouraged to lead active lives.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0013-9580",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}