Refractory Status Epilepticus: Experience in a Neurological Intensive Care Unit

Table 5

Univariate analysis of factors associated with unfavorable short-term functional outcome.

Factor	OR	95% CI	𝑃 value
Age >60 years	6	1.6–22.46	0.04
APACHE II Score ≥15	2.81	1.10–7.19	0.028
Etiology: stroke	3.4	1.18–9.77	0.019
Etiology: CNS infection	2.27	0.44–11.77	0.26
Etiology: anoxia/hypoxia	1.55	0.28–8.56	0.47
Etiology: brain tumor	0.37	0.05–2.38	0.27
Etiology: traumatic brain injury	1.9	0.36–10.13	0.36
Systemic abnormalities	1.85	0.18–18.64	0.51
Underlying epileptic disease	0.13	0.03–0.45	0.001
Acute neurological lesion	4.69	1.6–13.78	0.003
Coma	6.9	2.5–19.07	<0.0001
Previous treatment time >10 hours	0.63	0.19–2.01	0.43
Uncontrolled RSE	15.8	1.49–280.5	0.03

OR: Odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; APACHE II: The Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation Score; CNS: central nervous system; RSE: refractory status epilepticus.