Short-Term Mortality in Adult Patients With Seizures Admitted to the Emergency Department and a Comparison of the First and Recurrent Seizure


DEMİR T., ASLAN K., Koksaldi Sahin G., KEKEÇ Z., BOZDEMİR H.

EPILEPSI, cilt.24, sa.3, ss.107-113, 2018 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 24 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.14744/epilepsi.2018.47113
  • Dergi Adı: EPILEPSI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.107-113
  • Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objectives: Patients with seizures constitute 1%-2% of all emergency department (ED) admissions. The purpose of this study was to compare demographic and clinical characteristics and short-term mortality in patients with unprovoked first and recurrent seizures, admitted to the ED.