Long-term risk of seizures in adult survivors of sepsis

Conclusions: We found that survivors of sepsis faced a significantly higher long-term risk of seizures than both the general population and other hospitalized patients. Our findings suggest that sepsis is associated with pathways that lead to permanent neurologic sequelae.

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Source: Neurology - October 2, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Reznik, M. E., Merkler, A. E., Mahta, A., Murthy, S. B., Claassen, J., Kamel, H. Tags: All Infections, All Medical/Systemic disease, Risk factors in epidemiology, All Epilepsy/Seizures ARTICLE Source Type: research