Seizure occurrence, pregnancy outcome among women with active convulsive epilepsy: One year prospective study

Highlights • We determined the prevalence and outcome of epilepsy among pregnant women. • The prevalence of active convulsive epilepsy was found to be 3.33 per 1000 among the cohort. • Subjects with previous head injury and encephalitis were more likely to have recurrent seizures. • Subjects with pr...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inSeizure (London, England) Vol. 26; pp. 7 - 11
Main Authors Watila, Musa Mamman, Beida, Omeiza, Kwari, Shiktra, Nyandaiti, Na'awurti Williams, Nyandaiti, Yakub Wilberforce
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2015
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Anticonvulsants - therapeutic use
Cohort Studies
Epilepsy
Epilepsy - drug therapy
Epilepsy - epidemiology
Female
Humans
Neurology
Outcome
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications - epidemiology
Pregnancy Outcome - epidemiology
Seizure
Seizures - etiology
Statistics, Nonparametric
Women
Young Adult
Women
Pregnancy
Seizure
Epilepsy
Outcome
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:Highlights • We determined the prevalence and outcome of epilepsy among pregnant women. • The prevalence of active convulsive epilepsy was found to be 3.33 per 1000 among the cohort. • Subjects with previous head injury and encephalitis were more likely to have recurrent seizures. • Subjects with prior recurrent seizures had poorer pregnancy outcome. • Proper seizure control before and during pregnancy should be encouraged.
Bibliography:ObjectType-Article-1
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-2
content type line 23
ISSN:1059-1311
1532-2688
DOI:10.1016/j.seizure.2015.01.007