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Seizures Associated with Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

M.B.M. Sundaram  and
F. Chow
M.B.M. Sundaram*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, University Hospital, University of Saskatchewan
F. Chow
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, University Hospital, University of Saskatchewan
*
Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 0X0
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We analysed the charts of 131 consecutive cases of spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage — without arteriovenous malformations — for seizures. Convulsions occurred in 31 patients (24%) and most often within 24 hours of bleeding. Motor manifestations of partial seizures were of no lateralizing value to aneurysm site. Early mortality, rebleeding and intracerebral hematoma were similar in both seizure and non-seizure groups. Late seizures were infrequent in survivors who had suffered seizures in the acute stage — thus questioning the necessity for routine, long term prophylactic anticonvulsants in these patients.

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Original Articles
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , August 1986 , pp. 229 - 231
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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1986

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