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. 2015 Mar 31;5(3):e007325. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007325

Table 2.

A selection of the assessments made for patients presenting with seizure (percentage of all patients and median (IQR) for hospital sites)—a full list is available from http://www.nashstudy.org

  Patients with diagnosis of epilepsy
Patients with known blackouts or seizures, but no epilepsy
Patients with neither prior epilepsy nor blackouts/seizures
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.