Table 2.
Patients with diagnosis of epilepsy |
Patients with known blackouts or seizures, but no epilepsy |
Patients with neither prior epilepsy nor blackouts/seizures |
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Mean (%) n=2759 | Site median (%) n=154 | IQR by site | Mean (%) n=767 | Site median (%) n=154 | IQR by site | Mean (%) n=1011 | Site median (%) n=154 | IQR by site | |
Glasgow Coma Scale score | 89.0 | 91.8 | 82–99 | 91.8 | 100.0 | 86–100 | 90.3 | 100.0 | 83–100 |
Plantar reflex tested | 30.0 | 25.0 | 13–42 | 35.9 | 33.3 | 14–59 | 41.7 | 40.0 | 20–60 |
Fundi examined | 12.6 | 4.9 | 0–12 | 15.6 | 0.0 | 0–25 | 18.5 | 0.0 | 0–25 |
Eyewitness history taken or sought | 66.3 | 68.2 | 52–85 | 69.2 | 75.0 | 50–100 | 75.1 | 80.0 | 62–100 |
Temperature | 92.1 | 94.4 | 86–100 | 93.9 | 100.0 | 100–100 | 91.4 | 100.0 | 88–100 |
Review by a senior doctor in ED | 57.5 | 56.3 | 42–73 | 59.2 | 60.0 | 40–80 | 58.6 | 60.0 | 40–80 |
Documentation of general alcohol intake | 37.2 | 36.6 | 21–48 | 53.8 | 50.0 | 33–75 | 48.0 | 40.0 | 25–67 |
ED, emergency department.