Research Article
Epidemiology of Acute Symptomatic Seizures among Adult Medical Admissions
Table 1
Classes of etiological risk factors of acute symptomatic seizures.
| | Disease class | Frequency () | Diseases | Frequency () | Percentage (%) |
| | Infectious | 34 (36.2%) | Meningoencephalitis | 13 | 13.8 | | HIV/AIDS | 11 | 11.7 | | Sepsis | 7 | 7.4 | | Cerebral malaria | 2 | 2.1 | | Cerebral abscess | 1 | 1.1 |
| | Stroke | 28 (29.8%) | Haemorrhagic stroke | 14 | 14.9 | | Ischaemic stroke | 9 | 9.6 | | Subarachnoid haemorrhage | 5 | 5.3 |
| | Metabolic | 17 (18.1%) | Hyperglycaemia | 6 | 6.4 | | Hypoglycaemia | 5 | 5.3 | | Uraemia | 3 | 3.2 | | Hepatic | 2 | 2.1 | | Hyponatremia | 1 | 1.1 |
| | Toxic | 7 (7.4%) | Poisoning | 4 | 4.3 | | Alcohol | 3 | 3.2 |
| | Others | 8 (8.5%) | Hypertensive encephalopathy | 5 | 5.3 | | Uncertain | 3 | 3.2 |
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HIV/AIDS (encephalopathy: 5, space occupying lesion: 4, and meningoencephalitis: 3), poisoning (CO poisoning: 1, organophosphate: 1, and unknown medication: 2).
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