Objectives  Retrospective analysis of the Tibetan convulsive status epilepticus (CSE) for the aetiology, prognosis and its influencing factors in Tibet area. Methods  Through electronic patient record, making “epilepsy”, “status epilepticus ”, “epileptic seizure” as keywords, convulsive status epilepticus patients in the People’s Hospital of Tibet Autonomous Region hospitalized from January 2015 to December 2020 were retrospectively observed, gathering their clinical data and aided examinations furthermore, and the prognoses were returned by telephone, meanwhile the functional status of those patients was assessed by the modified rankin scale. and the causes differ in gender, age, out-of-hospital antiepileptic treatment, family history of epilepsy and history of epilepsy were analyzed. The prognostic factors were analyzed by logistic regression. Results  A total of 2 254 hospitalized patients with epilepsy were retrieved, including 331 CSE patients aged 14~84 years, 219 males and 112 females. There were 36 lost calls, 62 CSE deaths (21.01%), and 4 adverse outcomes (non-death)(1.7%).There were statistically significant differences in etiology of CSE in different ages and history of epilepsy (P<0.05), but there were no statistically significant differences in gender, out-of-hospital antiepileptic treatment, progression of refractory status epilepticus and family history of epilepsy. Cerebrovascular disease was the main cause of CSE in people aged 45 and over (54 cases), while the main cause of CSE in people aged under 45 was unknown (104 cases).Among the patients with previous history of epilepsy, the highest proportion was unknown cause [117 cases (48.8%)]; Among patients without a history of epilepsy, cerebrovascular disease [34 cases (37.4)] was the most common cause of CSE. Multivariate logistic regression analysis of prognostic factors of CSE showed that gender, age, GCS and electrolyte disorder had statistically significant effects on the death of CSE patients (P<0.05), while altitude and their duration and other factors had no statistically significant effects on the death of CSE patients (P>0.05). Conclusions Cerebrovascular disease is the leading cause of CSE in people aged 45 and over. Male, advanced age, low GCS score at discharge, and electrolyte disorder were risk factors.

Citation： JI Yuanci, ZHAO Yuhua, BIAN Bapuchi. The aetiology and prognosis of convulsive status epilepticus: a study of 331 cases in Tibet Lhasa area. Journal of Epilepsy, 2022, 8(3): 227-231. doi: 10.7507/2096-0247.202203007 Copy

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