Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia · 2025
Predictors of drug-resistant epilepsy among adult patients with epilepsy in tertiary referral hospital in Egypt.
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El Serafy Omar Amin, Kishk Nirmeen Adel, Nawito Amani M, El Far Eman, Shamloul Reham Mohamed, Sayed El Kotb Marwa El, Alsayyad Aya, Elsayed Ahmed Elsaid, Alsayyad Enas
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BACKGROUND: About one-third of patients with epilepsy present with uncontrolled seizures. As a result, there is an increased risk of injury, psychological complications, and early death. Uncontrolled epilepsy most often stems from truly intractable seizures, or pseudo intractable seizures. Identifying true intractability is crucial for optimizing drug therapy.
OBJECTIVES: To identify the percentage of uncontrolled epilepsy in Kasr El-Ainy tertiary referral hospitals. Additionally, we aim to investigate the characteristics and predictors of true and pseudo intractability among the samples studied in tertiary referral hospitals.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: A hospital-based cross-sectional study performed over two stages. The primary stage identified the prevalence of uncontrolled seizures. The second stage compared a sample of patients with uncontrolled seizures, to those with good seizure control in terms of the clinical, neurophysiological, and radiological aspects.
RESULTS: The point prevalence of uncontrolled epilepsy was 58.3 %. Among them, 24.2 % were truly intractable. In uncontrolled patients, a significantly higher percentage of patients with true drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) showed positive consanguinity (p = 0.002), abnormal neurological examination (p = 0.027), interictal epileptic discharges (p = 0.03) and underlying structural lesions (p = 0.011) when compared to controls. The identified predictors for true DRE included younger age of onset (OR: 0.563), presence of neurological deficit (OR5.291) and use of three or more anti-seizure medication (ASM) (OR: 1.945).
CONCLUSION: The percentage of uncontrolled epilepsy in our tertiary care hospital is comparable to previous reports, with non-adherence being the major cause. Many variables may function as predictors for true DRE, which when considered, will aid in improving the management of patients with epilepsy.
OBJECTIVES: To identify the percentage of uncontrolled epilepsy in Kasr El-Ainy tertiary referral hospitals. Additionally, we aim to investigate the characteristics and predictors of true and pseudo intractability among the samples studied in tertiary referral hospitals.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: A hospital-based cross-sectional study performed over two stages. The primary stage identified the prevalence of uncontrolled seizures. The second stage compared a sample of patients with uncontrolled seizures, to those with good seizure control in terms of the clinical, neurophysiological, and radiological aspects.
RESULTS: The point prevalence of uncontrolled epilepsy was 58.3 %. Among them, 24.2 % were truly intractable. In uncontrolled patients, a significantly higher percentage of patients with true drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) showed positive consanguinity (p = 0.002), abnormal neurological examination (p = 0.027), interictal epileptic discharges (p = 0.03) and underlying structural lesions (p = 0.011) when compared to controls. The identified predictors for true DRE included younger age of onset (OR: 0.563), presence of neurological deficit (OR5.291) and use of three or more anti-seizure medication (ASM) (OR: 1.945).
CONCLUSION: The percentage of uncontrolled epilepsy in our tertiary care hospital is comparable to previous reports, with non-adherence being the major cause. Many variables may function as predictors for true DRE, which when considered, will aid in improving the management of patients with epilepsy.