Treatment issues following a first unprovoked seizure are discussed, using an approach that emphasizes weighing the relative risks and benefits of the therapeutic decisions. The majority of children and adults who present with a first unprovoked seizure will not experience further seizures. Both seizures and the therapies available carry some risk, and optimal patient care requires careful bala...

1. Bonnett LJ, Marson AG, Johnson A, Kim L, Sander JW, et al. (2014) External Validation of a Prognostic Model for Seizure Recurrence Following a First Unprovoked Seizure and Implications for Driving. PLoS ONE 9(6): e99063. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0099063 Citation: The PLOS ONE Staff (2014) Correction: External Validation of a Prognostic Model for Seizure Recurrence Following a First Unprovoke...

how to cite this article: ghofrani m. approach to the first unprovoked seizure- part i. iran j child neurol. 2013 summer; 7(3): 1- 5.   the approach to a child who has experienced a first unprovoked generalized tonic-clonic seizure is challenging and at the same time controversial. how to establish the diagnosis, ways and means of investigation and whether treatment is appropriate, are differen...

introduction: this study was aimed to asses the rate of recurrence after the first unprovoked seizure in children. methods and materials: in a prospective study, we recruited 145 children who presented with primary unprovoked seizure and were followed for at least 12 months after the first seizure. results: seventy five children (51.7%) experienced subsequent seizures. the cumulative risk of se...

Objectives This is a protocol for Cochrane Review (prognosis). The objectives are as follows: Primary To identify which prognostic factors predict whether individuals will go on to have further unprovoked seizures and the development of epilepsy at any subsequent time point following single seizure (or cluster epileptic within 24‐hour period, or first episode status epilepticus), type. Investig...

Corresponding Author: A.Tavassoli MD Ali-Asghar Children’s Hospital,Tehran, Iran Emial: [email protected] Abstract Objective The first attack of unprovoked seizure is more frequent than recurrent one and neuroimaging is one of the main parts of the evaluation of these attacks in order to demonstrate the cause and predict the prognosis. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence...

PURPOSE There is wide variation in the reported recurrence rate after a first unprovoked seizure in children. We investigated the risk of recurrence after a first unprovoked seizure in Jordanian children and the risk factors associated with increased recurrence rate. METHODS All consecutive patients aged 3 months-14 years who presented with their first unprovoked seizures between January 1997...

OBJECTIVE To find out incidence of seizure recurrence and its risk factor after the first unprovoked attack in children below 12 years of age. METHODS A prospective study was carried out between 30th April 1996 - 1st May 1997 with the aim to find out the incidence of seizure recurrence and its risk factor after the first unprovoked attack in children below 12 years of age. All patients aged b...