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. 2020 Oct 23;41(12):3475–3483. doi: 10.1007/s10072-020-04824-5

Table 1.

Admissions at emergency department. Categorical variables are expressed as a number and percentage

Admissions at emergency department Study population P value
2020 2019
All accessess to the ED 3968 16923
  o Surgical patients 829 2424
  o Orthopedic patients 553 2319
  o Non-urgent 426 2397
  o Medical emergencies 2160 9783
  o Seizures 57 39
    New-onset seizures 20 13 0.8589
    Known epilepsy or not new-onset seizures 37 26
  o Non-epileptic events 4 1
Prevalence of seizures 2.6 % 0.23 % 0.00001
Incidence of seizures 0.94% 0.13% 0.00001
Incidence of new epilepsy’s diagnosis 12.96 % -