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. 2008 Oct 24;131(12):3239–3245. doi: 10.1093/brain/awn277

Table 1.

Desaturations with partial onset seizures

Partial seizures with or without secondary generalization Partial seizures without secondary generalization
Total number of seizures 304 253
Seizures with desaturation <90% 101 (33.2%) 88 (34.8%)
Seizures with desaturation <80% 31 (10.2%) 28 (11.1%)
Seizures with desaturation <70% 11 (3.6%) 11 (4.4%)
Seizures with no desaturation < 90% Seizure duration (s) 78.1 ± 90.4 (48; 3–610) 62.9 ± 84.7 (39; 3–610)
Seizures with desaturation < 90% Seizure duration (s) 93.0 ± 60.4 (75; 12–410) 83.1 ± 49.0 (70; 12–163)
Delay to desaturation below 90% from seizure onset (s) 66.7 ± 37.6 (59; 6–226) 58.5 ± 31.1 (56; 6–175)
Time to desaturation nadir from seizure onset (s) 98.3 ± 63.3 (86; 8–521) 79.7 ± 38.5 (71; 8–205)
Duration of desaturation (s) (Below 90% to above 90%) 69.2 ± 65.2 (47; 2–327) 54.7 ± 63.2 (34; 2–296)
Duration of desaturation (s) (Below 90% to preictal baseline) 104.4 ± 78.4 (90.8; 8–407) 90.8 ± 80.0 (69; 8–366)