Clinical pathways of epileptic seizures and status epilepticus: results from a survey in Italy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Patients with seizures or status epilepticus (SE) access the hospital through emergency departments and may be admitted into different wards according to the level of care required. Clinicians with different expertise are in charge of taking critical therapeutic decisions. To date, very few studies have investigated the stage at which these patients are referred to neurologists or epileptologists and how guideline recommendations are applied in clinical practice.

Methods

A survey was used to investigate how patients with epileptic seizures or SE are managed in emergency and in subsequent hospital pathways in Italy.

Results

One hundred and seventy-seven physicians (mainly neurologists) from all parts of Italy filled in a questionnaire. Less than half of the p

SUBMITTER: Zaccara G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7275936 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature