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Post-Stroke Epileptic Crises: Profile of Patients at Brazzaville Chu

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Epilepsy and cerebrovascular accident (stroke) are two common conditions in neurology, the frequency of which increases with age. One of the most common comorbidities after a stroke is epilepsy; nearly 10% of stroke patients will have a seizure immediately or later. The aim of study was to describe the epidemiological, clinical, electrical and evolutionary aspects of post-stroke crises at the Brazzaville University Hospital. This was a cross-sectional study carried out from March 1 to September 30, 2018 in the neurology department of the University Hospital of Brazzaville. It focused on patients over 18 years of age hospitalized for a seizure following a stroke documented by imaging. The epidemiological, electroclinical and therapeutic variables were evaluated. 322 patients hospitalized for stroke, 62 (15.5%) presented with seizures following the vascular event. Men were more affected (57%). The median time to onset of seizures was 2478 days (6.8 years) after stroke. These attacks were early in 69.4% of cases, and most often focal (37.1%). The epileptic seizures were related to the arterial infarctions in 79% of the cases and the abnormalities found on the EEG tracing were consistent with the location of the vascular lesion in 63.6% of the cases. The death rate was 14.5%. The predictive factors of this mortality were: the late onset of epileptic seizures (p=0.048), the presence of hyperglycemia (p=0.006) and the absence of a return to a normal state of consciousness (p<0.001). Post-stroke epileptic seizures are frequent in our region. Secondary prevention of stroke would help reduce the occurrence of strokes and therefore epileptic seizures

DOI 10.11648/j.cnn.20200403.15
Published in Clinical Neurology and Neuroscience (Volume 4, Issue 3, September 2020)
Page(s) 66-70
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Epileptic Seizures, Stroke, Brazzaville University Hospital

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  • Neurology Department, Loandjili General Hospital, Pointe Noire, Republic of Congo; Marien NGOUABI University of Brazzaville, Faculty of Health Sciences, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

  • Marien NGOUABI University of Brazzaville, Faculty of Health Sciences, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo; Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Brazzaville, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

  • Neurology Department, Loandjili General Hospital, Pointe Noire, Republic of Congo; Marien NGOUABI University of Brazzaville, Faculty of Health Sciences, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

  • Clinical Research Unit, Beauvais Hospital Center, Beauvais, France

  • Neurology Department, Loandjili General Hospital, Pointe Noire, Republic of Congo

  • Marien NGOUABI University of Brazzaville, Faculty of Health Sciences, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo; Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Brazzaville, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

  • Marien NGOUABI University of Brazzaville, Faculty of Health Sciences, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo; Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Brazzaville, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

  • Marien NGOUABI University of Brazzaville, Faculty of Health Sciences, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

  • Marien NGOUABI University of Brazzaville, Faculty of Health Sciences, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

  • Neurology Department, Loandjili General Hospital, Pointe Noire, Republic of Congo

  • Marien NGOUABI University of Brazzaville, Faculty of Health Sciences, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo; Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Brazzaville, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

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