Acute seizure risk in patients with encephalitis: development and validation of clinical prediction models from two independent prospective multicentre cohorts

Objective In patients with encephalitis, the development of acute symptomatic seizures is highly variable, but when present is associated with a worse outcome. We aimed to determine the factors associated with seizures in encephalitis and develop a clinical prediction model.Methods We analysed 203 p...

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Main Authors: Girvan Burnside, Sarosh R Irani, Tom Solomon, Angela Vincent, Anthony Guy Marson, Benedict D Michael, Cordelia Dunai, Ava Easton, Rhys Huw Thomas, Sylviane Defres, Mark A Ellul, Kukatharmini Tharmaratnam, David W G Brown, Greta K Wood, Ali M Alam, Roshan Babar, Harriet Van Den Tooren, Hannah Castell, Sarah Boardman, Ceryce Collie, Bethany Facer, Julia Granerod
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2022-09-01
Series:BMJ Neurology Open
Online Access:https://neurologyopen.bmj.com/content/4/2/e000323.full