seizure may occur after mild traumatic brain injury (tbi), and the severity of tbi can be considered the most crucial factor for an increased risk of recurring seizures as well as for the development of posttraumatic epilepsy. however, the effect of seizures in epileptogenesis after mild tbi cannot yet be accurately confirmed. this study was designed to determine whether mild tbi increases seiz...

PURPOSE To determine the frequency, causes, risk factors and outcome following early posttraumatic seizure. METHODS A retrospective analysis of age, sex, mechanism of injury, type and onset of unprovoked seizure occurring within one week of injury, admission coma score, and Glasgow outcome score in patients with nonpenetrating head injury. RESULTS Eighty six (10.2%) of 845 head injuredpatie...

PURPOSE To examine the potential effects of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in children with epilepsy-related posttraumatic stress and/or anxiety symptoms, using a case series design. METHODS Five children (aged 8-18) with epilepsy identified for seizure-related posttraumatic stress and/or anxiety symptoms were treated with EMDR. To examine potential treatment effects, po...

Posttraumatic epilepsy is result of head trauma. The aim of our research was to establish how many patients after head trauma developed posttraumatic epilepsy (PTE). Retrospectively we analyzed 50 patients with head trauma different severity in period from 1989 to 2008, which we werified radiological, electroenfephalographic, and psychical changes were established according pto psychiatric exam...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children. After TBI, the vulnerable to additional injuries (secondary injuries) because disrupts normal autoregulatory defense mechanisms. These secondary play crucial role patient prognosis. Posttraumatic seizures are an important leading further damage injured brain. Continuous monitoring by electroencephalography (EE...

Posttraumatic epilepsy (PTE) usually develops in a small percentage of patients of traumatic brain injury after a varying latent period. Modeling this chronic neurological condition in rodents is time consuming and inefficient, which constitutes a significant obstacle in studying its mechanism and discovering novel therapeutics for its prevention and treatment. Partially isolated neocortex, or ...

A 62-year-old male presented to our emergency room intubated, with posttraumatic seizures and compound left femur fracture after suffering a road traffic accident. Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) prior seizure onset was 15. The computed tomography (CT) scan magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain on admission were normal patient taken up for wound exploration fixation fracture. Postoperatively, ...

Investigators from Nationwide Children's Hospital performed an observational cohort study of early post-traumatic seizures (EPTS) among 34 children with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) who received levetiracetam (LEV) prophylaxis following admission to their pediatric intensive care unit.