Association between benzodiazepine outpatient treatment and risk of early seizure recurrence in emergency patients with seizure: A multicenter retrospective study.

Melanie Roussel Anthony ChauvinPierrick Le BorgneMarie DrogreyXavier EyerUlysse HatabianChristophe ChoquetOlivier PeyronyLaura LuhmannChristian KassasseyaValentin BelaudVincent NavarroBen BloomEmmanuel MontassierYonathan Freund

Published in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2021)

BZD therapy was started in 42% of patients who were discharged home after ED visit for a seizure. This treatment was not an independent factor associated with the risk of return visit for seizure recurrence at 30 days.

Keyphrases

emergency department
healthcare
public health
temporal lobe epilepsy
stem cells
clinical trial