Antiepileptic Drug Treatment Outcomes and Seizure-Related Injuries Among Adult Patients with Epilepsy in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Ethiopia.

Beshir Bedru NasirYared Mamushet YifruEphrem Engidawork Meron Awraris Gebrewold Minyahil Alebachew WolduAlemseged Beyene Berha

Published in: Patient related outcome measures (2020)

All the study participants were put on old generation AEDs with phenobarbital being the most frequently used. About two-thirds of the patients had uncontrolled seizure and seizure-related injury is still a serious concern among patients with epilepsy.

Keyphrases

temporal lobe epilepsy
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
emergency department
patient reported outcomes
patient reported