The Role of Phenytoin in the Treatment of Localization Related Epilepsy: An International Internet-Based Survey of Neurologists and Epileptologists

Table 1

Survey questions and response rates.

Questions	Number of responses
Demographic information questions
Is your primary specialty neurology or epilepsy?	200
Do you see adult patients, pediatric patients, or both?	200
What best describes the geographical location of your clinical practice?	199
Clinical practice information questions
Do you receive referrals for the management and further evaluation of intractable epilepsy?	198
On average, over the course of a week, how many patients with epilepsy do you see, as outpatients?	198
What percentage of your patients have refractory epilepsy?	199
Questions pertaining to use of phenytoin
On average, in how many patients, per week, do you initiate phenytoin as anticonvulsant therapy?	194
How many patients do you see on a regular basis that are already on phenytoin anticonvulsant therapy?	198
In your opinion, what choice is phenytoin for a patient with new onset partial seizures?	185
On average, how many patients have you seen with side effects from phenytoin that have led to the discontinuation of the medication?	188
In your opinion, how effective is phenytoin in controlling seizures?	199