Prospective evaluation of a post-stroke epilepsy risk scale

Background and Purpose: Ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes are established etiological factors for recurrent seizures. Still only few prospective data is available to predict post-stroke epilepsy and to choose the best time-point and anticonvulsive agent for treatment. Methods: In a prospective study we evaluated 264 consecutive stroke patients and assessed their post-stroke epilepsy risk within a follow-up of 1 year. Data on ten risk items concerning the stroke localisation, persisting neurological deficit, stroke subtype, established diagnosis of vascular encephalopathy, early and late seizures was collected usi…