CONVULSIVE STATUS EPILEPTICUS

Objectives: To determine the in hospital mortality of convulsive status epilepticusin a tertiary care facility. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study:Neurology ward, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, Medicine Department ofPeoples University Of Medical And Health Sciences Nawabshah from July 2015- Dec 2015.Material and Methods: All patients of either gender with age >15 years with status epilepticus,were included in the study. A detailed clinical history and relevant neurological examinationwas performed. All the patients who fulfill the inclusion criteria were enrolled in the study afterinformed written consent and explanation of the study protocol. All the information including inhospital mortality was entered on annexed proforma. All the patients were observed three to fivedays. Results: A total of 108 patients were included in this study fulfilling the inclusion criteria.The overall mean age of these patients was 31.3 ± 13.5 years. The age range of these patientswas 16 to 76 years. History of epilepsy was found in 106 (93.5%) of the patients, 88 (81.5%) ofthe patients had status epilepticus in past, 56 (51.9%) of the patients had drug withdrawal, 20(18.5%) of the patients had febrile illness and 2 (1.9%) of the patients had in hospital mortality.There was no statistical significance proportion difference was observed when comparedgender, history of epilepsy and status of epilepticus in past by in hospital mortality (p-values>0.05). Statistical significance proportion difference (p-value <0.05) was found in age and inhospital mortality. Conclusion: We recommend further studies to reach the firm conclusion.