In emergency service, the frequency of seizures in adult patients within neurological emergencies

Abstract

Objectives: Seizure is a medical emergency condition and in the literature, studies reporting the frequency in emergency service (ES) of seizures are extremely seldom. The aim our study was to determine the frequency of seizures within all neurological emergencies.
Materials and Methods: This retrospective study has included the period of 1 year (1 April 2001 to 31 March 2002). The data of the patients were obtained from the special forms of our service.
Results: In our study, seizures comprised the 0.6% of all emergency service admissions. Within total 672 emergency neurological picture, the frequency of the cases with seizure was 7.1% (n=48).
Conclusion: Seizures are frequent among neurological emergencies which are assessed in ES. For this reason, it is very important that in ES, the differential diagnosis and emergency management of seizures can be made by the physician of ES.