Results: In the 138 patients, whose mean age was 75.6 ± 7.2 years at the time of first seizure, we found the most common seizure type was generalized seizure and the most common etiologic factor was cerebrovascular diseases. Levetirasetam was the most used antiepileptic drug, and for the overall group, the rate of adverse effect of the antiepileptic drugs were 20.3%. At the last visit, 89.9% of...

In the last couple of years, the EEG signal analysis was focused on epilepsy seizure detection. Epilepsy is a common chronic neurological disorder; they are result of transient and unexpected electrical disturbance of the brain. Epilepsy seizures also a symptom of brain tumor existence, 30% patients with brain tumor are affected with epilepsy seizure. This paper proposes a two level brain tumor...

PURPOSE To evaluate the value of 24-hour video-EEG (VEEG) in assessing recurrence risk after a first unprovoked seizure. METHOD Consecutively 134 patients with a first unprovoked epileptic seizure were recuited from West China Hospital, Sichuan University, between January 2010 and January 2013. All patients underwent VEEG and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain, Each patient had at ...

how to cite this article: poudel p, chitlangia m, pokharel r. predictors of poor seizure control in children managed at a tertiary care hospital of eastern nepal iran j child neurol. summer 2016; 10(3):48-56.   abstract objective various factors have been claimed to predict outcome of afebrile seizures in children. this study was aimed to find out the predictors of poor seizure control in child...

The authors have reported a case of seizure after administration of 100 mg tramadol in a female patient with a history of epilepsy. The authors state that it is the first case of seizure due to tramadol administration in India. Although the rate of seizure due to tramadol seems quite low in India, it is higher in some countries such as Iran, and can reach up to 30% in cases of tramadol overdose...

OBJECTIVE New-onset acute symptomatic seizures can be the presenting feature of acute neurological diseases. The etiological spectrum of new-onset acute symptomatic seizures and outcome may be different in developing countries when compared to developed countries. AIM To study the clinical profile of new-onset acute symptomatic seizures as the first presenting event in patients with acute neu...