Suman Adhikari|Prabin Bhandari|Balgopal Karmacharya|Nikunja Yogi
Demographics, Clinical Profile, Cause and Outcome of Epilepsy in Neurosurgical Unit in Manipal Teaching Hospital in Western Nepal
Manipal Teaching Hospital|Manipal Teaching Hospital|Manipal Teaching Hospital|Manipal Teaching Hospital
background epilepsy common chronic disorder characterized recurrent unprovoked seizures around 50 million people worldwide epilepsy almost 80 people epilepsy live low middleincome countries people get necessary treatment need main objective study study demographic profile patients etiology epilepsy prescribing pattern drug compliance outcome terms epilepsy control patientsx0d materials methods retrospective analytical study conducted january 2018 december 2018 including 120 consecutive patients admitted epilepsy objective study various clinicosociodemographical features epilepsy various features associated outcome outcome categorized good outcome group poor outcome group according absence decrease seizure frequency 6 months duration comparison pretreatment status continuous variables compared relation outcome using students ttest categorical data compared using chisquare fischer exact test data analysis done using spss 200 softwarex0d results mean age study population 378 211 years 4 months 95 years mean hospital stay 1197 115 days 79 6583 males 41 3417 females study ninety seven 8083 patients educated high school level literacy level showed statistically significant association good seizure control p0043 one hundred thirteen patients generalized tonicclonic seizures 7 patients partial seizure levetiracetam 52 433 commonest antiepileptic used series polytherapy used 15 125 patients intracerebral hemorrhage 392 trauma 367 commonest cause epilepsy seriesx0d conclusion drug compliance played pivotal role determining good seizure control vs poor seizure control additionally literacy level patient determined drug compliance thus seizure control