Rates and Predictors of 1 year of Readmission with Seizures in Patients with Stroke and Stroke Subtypes: Analysis of a National Cohort of 557,033 Stroke Patients (P2.245)

Conclusions:Rate readmission of seizure after stroke within first year is low and there may be residual confounding by severity. Our findings do not support a need for routine prophylactic anti-epileptic drug use after stroke.Disclosure: Dr. Chaudhry has nothing to disclose. Dr. Chaudhry has nothing to disclose. Dr. Afzal has nothing to disclose. Dr. Gheith has nothing to disclose. Dr. Gu has nothing to disclose. Dr. Saeed has nothing to disclose. Dr. Safdar has nothing to disclose. Dr. Kassab has nothing to disclose. Dr. Qureshi has nothing to disclose.

Source: Neurology - April 17, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Chaudhry, B., Chaudhry, S., Afzal, M.-R., Gheith, T., Gu, S., Saeed, A., Safdar, A., Kassab, M., Qureshi, A. Tags: Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology: Clinical Epilepsy II Source Type: research