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. 2018 Jan 22;75(4):410ā€“418. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2017.4382

Table 4. Untimely First-line Benzodiazepine and Other Clinical Outcomesa.

Variable Outcome Proportion, No. (%) (Nā€‰=ā€‰218) Univariate Analysis Multivariate Analysis
Received Untimely Treatment, No. (%) P Value AOR SE (95% CI) P Value
More than the median convulsive duration (2 h) 119 (54.6) 87 (73.1) .02 2.6 0.8 (1.38-4.88) .003
Decline in baseline function at hospital dischargeb 47 (21.6) 33 (70.2) .49 1.8 0.7 (0.81-3.80) .15
ICU stay more than the median duration (4 d) 112 (51.4) 73 (65.2) .89 1.1 0.4 (0.61-2.09) .66
Hypotension 64 (29.4) 49 (76.6) .04 2.3 0.8 (1.16-4.63) .02
Other medical complications 58 (26.6) 39 (67.2) .87 1.2 0.4 (0.62-2.36) .63

Abbreviations: AOR, adjusted odds ratio; ICU, intensive care unit; RCSE, refractory convulsive status epilepticus.

a

The results of AORs for multivariable analysis using logistic regression models, with untimely first-line benzodiazepine treatment (ā‰„10 minutes after seizure onset) as the predictor and different tertiary clinical outcomes. Each outcome was adjusted for age, structural etiology, febrile RCSE, no neurological history, generalized RCSE, continuous RCSE, and use of 5 or more ASMs.

b

Not able to do the same tasks as before at hospital discharge.