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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Apr 14.
Published in final edited form as: Neurocrit Care. 2022 Sep 27;38(2):345–355. doi: 10.1007/s12028-022-01599-9

Table 3.

Secondary Outcomes

Original Cohort Weighted Cohort
≤1000 mg/day (n=289) 1500 mg/day (n=137) ≥2000 mg/day (n=440) Total (N=866) ≤1000 mg/day (n=193) 1500 mg/day (n=133) ≥2000 mg/day (n=225) Total (N=551)
Early PTS 9 (3.1%) 9 (6.6%) 33 (7.5%) 51 (5.9%) 4 (2.3%) 9 (7%) 16 (7.3%) 30 (5.5%)
Time to seizure, hours (SD) 45.9 (29.4) 72.6 (44.8) 57.3 (44.9) 58 (42.6) 42.6 (6.7) 76.6 (16.7) 66.9 (12.7) 66.4 (8.8)
Seizure validation
 EEG 3 (33.3%) 7 (77.8%) 23 (69.7%) 33 (64.7%) 1 (24.8%) 7 (80.3%) 13 (79.3%) 22 (71.7%)
 Clinical diagnosis 6 (66.7%) 2 (22.2%) 10 (30.3%) 18 (35.3%) 3 (75.2%) 2 (19.7%) 3 (20.7%) 8 (28.3%)
Death without seizure 12 (4.2%) 7 (5.1%) 35 (8%) 54 (6.2%) 6 (2.9%) 7 (5%) 16 (7.2%) 28 (5.1%)
In-hospital mortality 19 (6.6%) 13 (9.5%) 74 (16.8%) 106 (12.2%) 10 (5.2%) 12 (9.2%) 37 (16.4%) 59 (10.7%)
Hospital LOS, days (IQR) 5 (3, 10) 6 (3, 11) 9.5 (4, 23) 7 (3, 17) 5.5 (2.2, 13.7) 5.8 (2.4, 11.1) 6.1 (2.5, 16.4) 5.8 (2.4, 14.1)

Data are presented as mean (SD), median (IQR), or n (%)

PTS: Post-traumatic seizures. SD: Standard deviation. EEG: Electroencephalogram. LOS: Length of stay. IQR: Interquartile range.