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. 2019 Feb 13;10:25. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2019.00025

Table 1.

Demographic data of inflammatory SE patients.

Patients (n = 46)
Onset age (years) 45 (28–60)
Female 25 (54.3)
Onset symptom
  Fever 24 (52.2)
  Decreased consciousness 17 (37.0)
  Seizure 10 (21.7)
  Upper respiratory tract infection 8 (17.4)
  Headache 6 (13.0)
  Psychosis 6 (13.0)
  Fatigue 3 (6.5)
  Cognitive decline 1 (2.2)
Latency of seizure after onset symptoms (days) 3 (0–7)
STESS ≥3 at admission 18 (39.1)
END-IT score ≥3 at admission 43 (93.5)
SE with prominent motor symptoms 37 (80.4)
      Generalized convulsive SE 25 (54.3)
      Epilepsia partialis continua 6 (13.0)
      Focal onset evolving into bilateral convulsive SE 4 (8.7)
      Myoclonic SE with coma 1 (2.2)
      Hyperkinetic SE 1 (2.2)
Non-convulsive SE 9 (19.6)
      Non-convulsive SE with coma 6 (13.0)
      Myoclonic absence status 1 (2.2)
      Non-convulsive SE without impairment of consciousness 1 (2.2)
      Aphasic status 1 (2.2)
Number of AEDs used 3 (2-3)
Refractory SE 36 (78.3)
Super refractory SE 19 (41.3)
Required general anesthesia for SE control 21 (45.7)
Death during admission 13 (28.3)
Days of admission 39 (26-79)
Days in ICU 33.5 (11-60)
More than two AEDs at discharge 17 (36.9)
Good outcome at discharge (mRS<3) 17 (36.9)
Good outcome at last follow up (mRS<3) 16 (34.8)

Continuous variables were presented as median (interquartile range)

Categorical variables were presented as n (%).

AED, antiepileptic drug; ICU, intensive care unit; mRS, modified Rankin Scale; SE, status epilepticus; STESS, status epilepticus severity score.