Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Patients Included in the Study

Variables	Control Group (n = 76), n (%) 95% CI	Treatment Group (n = 73), n (%) 95% CI
Age in years, median (IQR)	68 (53–81)	62 (47–74)
Sex (male)	41 (54) 43–65	43 (59) 47–69
History of seizure	23 (30) 20–40	27 (37) 27–48
Seizure in the field	22 (29) 20–40	20 (27) 18–39
Seizure in the ED	11 (14) 8–20	10 (14) 7–24
High risk for seizure*	30 (39) 29–51	35 (48) 37–59
Anticonvulsive medications in field	8 (11) 5–20	11 (7) 8–25
Anticonvulsive medications in ED†	35 (46) 35–57	43 (59) 47–69
Abnormal neurologic findings	17 (22) 14–33	18 (25) 16–36
Acute head injury	7 (9) 4–18	4 (5) 2–14
Acute head CT findings	14 (20) 10–29	13 (19) 11–28

IQR = interquartile range.

^*Consisted of patients with history of seizure or seizure in the field or seizure in the ED.

^†Includes medications given for sedation (e.g., benzodiazepines).