TABLE 2.
Length of EMU stay and event characteristics of patients with PNES compared to patients with ES
| CHARACTERISTIC | PNES (n=92) | EPILEPTIC (n=86) | VALUE OF U OR CHI SCORE | PVALUE |
| Median number of events during EMU stay | 2.0 | 2.0 | 6287 | NS |
| Median EMU length of stay, hours | 48 | 68.15 | 4781 | 0.00008 |
| Median events in EMU, hours | 0.0417 | 0.0293 | 5359 | 0.00452 |
| Median time to first event, hours | 13.76 | 22.4 | 1807 | 0.02034 |
| Prior to hook-up, % | 3.3 | 3.5 | -- | -- |
| <24 hours, % | 59.8 | 50.0 | -- | -- |
| 24–48 hours, % | 31.5 | 19.8 | -- | -- |
| >48 hours, % | 5.4 | 26.7 | -- | -- |
| Distribution of time to first event | -- | -- | 15.9872 | 0.001141 |
--: not applicable; EMU: epilepsy monitoring unit; ES: epileptic seizures; n: number; NS: not significant; PNES: psyhogenic nonepileptic seizures