Table 2.
Neurological assessment, seizures types, EEG study, and Hammersmith score of the LEV and PB groups before treatment.
| Orientation and behaviour | 5.45 ± 1.03 | 5.33 ± 0.97 | 0.41 |
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| LEV group | PB group | P value | |
| Neurologic examination | Abnormal: 46% | Abnormal: 40% | 0.31 |
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| Seizures types | Automatism: 13.33% | Automatism: 6.66% | |
| Tonic seizures: 26.66% | Tonic seizures: 20% | ||
| Multifocal clonic seizures: 20% | Multifocal clonic seizures: 26.66% | ||
| Focal clonic seizures: 40% | Focal clonic seizures: 40% | ||
| Autonomic seizures: 6.66% | |||
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| EEG background study | |||
| Discontinuity | 85% | 90% | |
| Burst suppression | 15% | 10% | |
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| Hammersmith score | |||
| Hammersmith score (tot.) | 27.33 ± 4.03 | 27.83 ± 3.25 | 0.21 |
| Tone and posture score | 7.5 ± 1.18 | 7.6 ± 0.96 | 0.40 |
| Tone pattern score | 4.3 ± 0.64 | 4.33 ± 0.72 | 0.57 |
| Movements | 2.56 ± 0.49 | 2.73 ± 0.45 | 0.58 |
| Reflexes | 4.86 ± 0.89 | 4.76 ± 0.59 | 0.06 |
| Abnormal signs | 2.8 ± 0.41 | 2.93 ± 0.25 | 0.90 |
| Orientation and behaviour | 5.16 ± 1.01 | 5.45 ± 1.03 | 0.42 |