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. 2018 Nov 26;60(1):53–62. doi: 10.1111/epi.14607

Table 1.

Demographic data of all first nonhypoxic status epilepticus episodes in adults

All episodes of first SE (women N, %) 221 (124, 56.0)
Age (y), median (IQR) 69 (28)
Onset in hospital, N (%) 58 (26.2)
History of epilepsy, N (%) 90 (40.7)
Witnessed onset, N (%) 101 (45.7)
Types of etiology, N (%)
Symptomatic 217 (98.2)
Acute 80 (36.2)
Remote 103 (46.6)
Progressive 31 (14.0)
SE defined in electroclinical syndromes 3 (1.4)
Cryptogenic (unknown) 4 (1.8)
Etiology, N (%)
Cerebrovascular 100 (45.2)
Trauma 37 (16.7)
Metabolic 25 (11.3)
Tumors 23 (10.4)
Toxic 8 (3.6)
Degenerative disorders 7 (3.2)
Infectious 4 (1.8)
Immune‐mediated 4 (1.8)
Others 15 (6.8)
RSE episodes, N (%)/case fatality, % 45 (20.4)/39.5
RSE treated with a second or more AED, but no anesthetics 41 (18.6)/41.5
RSE treated with anesthetics 4 (1.8)/25.0
SRSE episodes, N (%)/case fatality, % 8 (3.6)/37.5

Types of etiology are classified according to ILAE 2015. IQR, interquartile range; RSE, refractory status epilepticus; SE, status epilepticus; SRSE, super‐refractory status epilepticus.