Early seizures and risk of epilepsy and death after intracerebral haemorrhage : The MUCH Italy

INTRODUCTION: It is unclear which patients with non-traumatic (spontaneous) intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) are at risk of developing acute symptomatic seizures (provoked seizures occurring within the first week after stroke onset; early seizures, ES) and whether ES predispose to the occurrence of remote symptomatic seizures (unprovoked seizures occurring more than 1 week after stroke; post-stroke epilepsy, PSE) and long-term mortality.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: In the setting of the Multicenter Study on Cerebral Haemorrhage in Italy (MUCH-Italy) we examined the risk of ES and whether they predict the occurrence of PSE and all-cause mortality in a cohort of patients with first-ever spontaneous ICH and no previous history of epilepsy, consecutively hospitalized in 12 Italian neurological centers from 2002 to 2014.

RESULTS: Among 2570 patients (mean age, 73.4 ± 12.5 years; males, 55.4%) 228 (8.9%) had acute ES (183 (7.1%) short seizures and 45 (1.8%) status epilepticus (SE)). Lobar location of the hematoma (OR, 1.49; 95% CI, 1.06-2.08) was independently associated with the occurrence of ES. Of the 2,037 patients who were followed-up (median follow-up time, 68.0 months (25th-75th percentile, 77.0)), 155 (7.6%) developed PSE. ES (aHR, 2.34; 95% CI, 1.42-3.85), especially when presenting as short seizures (aHR, 2.35; 95% CI, 1.38-4.00) were associated to PSE occurrence. Unlike short seizures, SE was an independent predictor of all-cause mortality (aHR, 1.50; 95% CI, 1.005-2.26).

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: The long-term risk of PSE and death after an ICH vary according to ES subtype. This might have implications for the design of future clinical trials targeting post-ICH epileptic seizures.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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European stroke journal - (2024) vom: 16. Apr., Seite 23969873241247745

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Englisch

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Pezzini, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]
Tarantino, Barbara [VerfasserIn]
Zedde, Marialuisa [VerfasserIn]
Marcheselli, Simona [VerfasserIn]
Silvestrelli, Giorgio [VerfasserIn]
Ciccone, Alfonso [VerfasserIn]
DeLodovici, Maria Luisa [VerfasserIn]
Princiotta Cariddi, Lucia [VerfasserIn]
Vidale, Simone [VerfasserIn]
Paciaroni, Maurizio [VerfasserIn]
Azzini, Cristiano [VerfasserIn]
Padroni, Marina [VerfasserIn]
Gamba, Massimo [VerfasserIn]
Magoni, Mauro [VerfasserIn]
Del Sette, Massimo [VerfasserIn]
Tassi, Rossana [VerfasserIn]
De Franco, Ivo Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Cavallini, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Calabrò, Rocco Salvatore [VerfasserIn]
Cappellari, Manuel [VerfasserIn]
Giorli, Elisa [VerfasserIn]
Giacalone, Giacomo [VerfasserIn]
Lodigiani, Corrado [VerfasserIn]
Zenorini, Mara [VerfasserIn]
Valletta, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Cutillo, Gianni [VerfasserIn]
Bonelli, Guido [VerfasserIn]
Abrignani, Giorgia [VerfasserIn]
Castellini, Paola [VerfasserIn]
Genovese, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Latte, Lilia [VerfasserIn]
Trapasso, Maria Claudia [VerfasserIn]
Ferraro, Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Piancatelli, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Pascarella, Rosario [VerfasserIn]
Grisendi, Ilaria [VerfasserIn]
Assenza, Federica [VerfasserIn]
Napoli, Manuela [VerfasserIn]
Moratti, Claudio [VerfasserIn]
Acampa, Maurizio [VerfasserIn]
Grassi, Mario [VerfasserIn]

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Cerebral haemorrhage
Epilepsy
Journal Article
Risk factors in epidemiology

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Date Revised 17.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1177/23969873241247745

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NLM371170524