Seizure Etiologies in a Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center Population

Journal of epilepsy Pub Date : 1998-01-01 DOI:10.1016/S0896-6974(97)00108-4

Alan B Ettinger , Caroline V Gatewood , Aliasgar Dhoon , George C Newman , Deborah M Weisbrot , Lina Jandorf , Orrin Devinsky

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The purpose of this study is to determine the etiologies of seizures in a Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) population. We retrospectively reviewed the records of all VAMC patients discharged from the Northport VAMC who carried a diagnosis of recent or prior seizures. We divided cases into those who received at least one inpatient or outpatient psychiatric evaluation (n = 51) and nonpsychiatric cases (n = 38). Overall etiologies for seizures were substance abuse (22; 24.7%), idiopathic or indeterminate causes (15;16.9%), stroke (18; 20.2%), head trauma (14; 15.7%), and other causes (15; 16.9%). Head trauma and idiopathic/indeterminate causes were significantly more common in the psychiatric group (p <.001) while stroke was more common in the nonpsychiatric group (p <.001). Substance abuse, stroke, and head trauma are the most common identifiable etiologies of seizures in a VAMC population.

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退伍军人事务医疗中心人群的癫痫病因

本研究的目的是确定在退伍军人事务医疗中心(VAMC)人群癫痫发作的病因。我们回顾性地回顾了所有从Northport VAMC出院的诊断为最近或以前癫痫发作的VAMC患者的记录。我们将病例分为至少接受过一次住院或门诊精神病学评估的患者(n = 51)和非精神病学患者(n = 38)。癫痫发作的总体病因是药物滥用(22;24.7%)，特发性或不确定原因(15;16.9%)，中风(18;20.2%)，头部外伤(14%;15.7%)，其他原因(15;16.9%)。头部创伤和特发性/不确定原因在精神科组中更为常见(p < 0.001)，而中风在非精神科组中更为常见(p < 0.001)。药物滥用、中风和头部创伤是VAMC人群中最常见的癫痫发作病因。

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