Long-term follow-up of adult patients with serial and status course of epileptic seizures

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OBJECTIVE

To study the follow-up of adult patients with status epilepticus or a history of serial seizures, assessing the likelihood of achieving long-term remission and identifying predictors of treatment effectiveness.

MATERIAL AND METHODS

The study included 280 patients divided into 137 patients with epilepsy with a series of seizures or a history of status epilepticus (group 1) and 143 patients, who had not previously received therapy and did not have a series of seizures or a history of status epilepticus (group 2). A clinical and neurological examination, analysis of medical documentation data, electroencephalography, and MRI were performed.

RESULTS

After correction of therapy, remission in patients in group 1 was achieved in 21.9%, improvement in 30%, no effect was observed in 48.1%; in group 2 the indicators were 51%, 28.7%, 20.3%, respectively. The onset of epilepsy in childhood, frequent seizures, and regional epileptiform activity were associated with the lack of treatment effect.

CONCLUSION

The results confirm the main role of the clinical examination in determining the prognosis of epilepsy in a particular patient. Currently available instrumental techniques have limited predictive value.

Keywords:

epilepsy

efficacy

diagnosis

treatment

status epilepticus

prognosis

Authors:

Kotov A.S.

Vladimirsky Moscow Regional Scientific Research Clinical Institute

ORCID: 0000-0001-6260-6989

Firsov K.V.

Vladimirsky Moscow Regional Scientific Research Clinical Institute

ORCID: 0000-0002-3291-7994

Received:

09.11.2022

Accepted:

27.12.2023

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