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Accuracy of Seizure Semiology Obtained from First-time Seizure Witnesses by Taim A. Muayqil; Mohammed H. Alanazy; Hassan M. Almalak; Hussain Khaled Alsalman; Faroq Walid Abdulfattah; Abdullah Ibrahim Aldraihem; Fawaz Al-hussain; Bandar N. Aljafen is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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Background: Little is known of how accurately a first-time seizure witness can provide reliable details of a semiology. Our goal was to determine how accurately first-time seizure witnesses could identify key elements of an epileptic event that would aid the clinician in diagnosing a seizure. Methods: A total of 172 participants over 17 years of age, with a mean (sd) of 33.12 (13.2) years and 49.4% female, composed of two groups of community dwelling volunteers, were shown two different seizure videos; one with a focal seizure that generalized (GSV), and the other with a partial seizure that did not generalize (PSV). Participants were first asked about what they thought was the event that had occurred. They then went through a history-taking scenario by an assessor using a battery of pre-determined questions about involvement of major regions: the head, eyes, mouth, upper limbs, lower limbs, or change in consciousness. Further details were then sought about direction of movement in the eyes, upper and lower limbs, the side of limb movements and the type of movements in the upper and lower limbs. Analysis was with descriptive statistics and logistic regression. Results: One hundred

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Author

Taim A. Muayqil; Mohammed H. Alanazy; Hassan M. Almalak; Hussain Khaled Alsalman; Faroq Walid Abdulfattah; Abdullah Ibrahim Aldraihem; Fawaz Al-hussain; Bandar N. Aljafen

Published

2018

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)