Clinical Study
Underestimated Rate of Status Epilepticus according to the Traditional Definition of Status Epilepticus
Table 1
Characteristics of seizure (
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| | | No SE () | TDSE () | UESE () | |
| | Gender | | | | | | Men | 98 (62.4%) | 43 (70.5%) | 27 (71.1%) | | | Women | 59 (37.6%) | 18 (29.5%) | 11 (28.9%) | | | Age | | | | | | <18 | 88 (56.1%) | 18 (29.5%) | 21 (55.2%) | | | 18–60 | 41 (26.1%) | 21 (34.4%) | 12 (31.6%) | | | >60 | 28 (17.8%) | 22 (36.1%) | 5 (13.2%) | | | Seizure type | | | | | | CTC | 76 (48.4%) | 23 (37.7%) | 15 (39.5%) | | | CPS | 59 (37.6%) | 29 (47.6%) | 20 (52.6%) | | | Partial seizure | 15 (9.5%) | 6 (9.8%) | 3 (7.9%) | | | Nonconvulsive | | 3 (4.9%) | | | | Other | 7 (4.5%) | | | | | Length of stay | | | | | | Median (days) | 3 | 5 | 3 | | | Mean (days ± SD) | 4.14 ± 3.64 | 9.49 ± 6.37 | 3.71 ± 2.52 | <0.01# | | Cost | | | | | | Median (NT) | 16320 | 36218 | 13618 | | | Mean (NT ± SD) | 24009 ± 30830 | 55049 ± 50501 | 18288 ± 20645 | <0.01# |
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SE: status epilepticus, NT: Taiwan dollars, 1 USD = 30 NT, and #one way ANNOVA.
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