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Article

Predictors and Incidence of Posttraumatic Seizures in Children and Adolescents after Brain Injury

by
Athanasios K. Petridis
*,
Alexandros Doukas
,
Homajoun Maslehaty
and
Hubertus Maximilian Mehdorn
Department of Neurosurgery, University-Schleswig Holstein, Campus Kiel, Germany
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Clin. Pract. 2012, 2(3), e66; https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2012.e66
Submission received: 30 March 2012 / Revised: 18 May 2012 / Accepted: 20 May 2012 / Published: 8 June 2012

Abstract

The present study evaluates the incidence of early and late seizures after head injury in patients under 18 years old. Factors correlating with a high risk of developing posttraumatic seizures were identified. Such risk factors were the severity of the head trauma and a Glasgow Coma Scale of 3-8. In contrast to many studies, we observed that the incidence of posttraumatic seizures was significantly higher in patients older than 12 years old (12-16 and 12-18). Most of the late seizures were paroxysmal electroencephalography (EEG) discharges diagnosed on a snapshot-EEG during the follow-up examination of the patients without clinical symptoms. We suppose that EEG-examination in head injured children is important to identify patients with epileptic potentials without clinical symptoms. Epileptic patterns of the EEG could worsen the diagnosis and clinical outcome of the children in accordance to studies performed in the adult population.
Keywords: posttraumatic seizures; early seizures; late seizures; anticonvulsive therapy posttraumatic seizures; early seizures; late seizures; anticonvulsive therapy

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Petridis, A.K.; Doukas, A.; Maslehaty, H.; Mehdorn, H.M. Predictors and Incidence of Posttraumatic Seizures in Children and Adolescents after Brain Injury. Clin. Pract. 2012, 2, e66. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2012.e66

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Petridis AK, Doukas A, Maslehaty H, Mehdorn HM. Predictors and Incidence of Posttraumatic Seizures in Children and Adolescents after Brain Injury. Clinics and Practice. 2012; 2(3):e66. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2012.e66

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Petridis, Athanasios K., Alexandros Doukas, Homajoun Maslehaty, and Hubertus Maximilian Mehdorn. 2012. "Predictors and Incidence of Posttraumatic Seizures in Children and Adolescents after Brain Injury" Clinics and Practice 2, no. 3: e66. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2012.e66

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Petridis, A. K., Doukas, A., Maslehaty, H., & Mehdorn, H. M. (2012). Predictors and Incidence of Posttraumatic Seizures in Children and Adolescents after Brain Injury. Clinics and Practice, 2(3), e66. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2012.e66

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