More than 40 percent of status epilepticus patients suffer adverse outcomes

A new study published in Seizure gives insight into the short-term outcome of patients treated for status epilepticus in Kuopio University Hospital in Finland. The researchers found a 9 percent risk of death and a 32 percent risk of functional loss at one month after status epilepticus. The patient’s risk of death could be predicted relatively reliably already in the emergency room by using status epilepticus-related prognostic tools.
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