Introduction First seizure diagnosis may be delayed due to financial, geographical or social
barriers to healthcare, or misdiagnosis with differentials including syncope or stroke …

Background New-onset seizures are frequently encountered in community and hospital
settings. It is likely that seizures presenting in these distinct settings have different etiologies …

Objectives To investigate the clinical characteristics, final diagnosis, investigation results,
management, response to anti-seizure medications (ASMs) and clinical outcomes of …

Objectives To determine what proportion of our First Seizure referrals reflected true
unprovoked first seizures or epilepsy, and to assess the long‐term diagnostic accuracy of …

Objectives National guidelines (NICE–Epilepsies: diagnosis and management; NICE-
Quality standards: epilepsy in adults) set clinical standards for first seizure management …

Almost 10% of people will experience at least one seizure over a lifetime. Although common,
first seizures are serious events and warrant careful assessment and management. First …

Purpose Acute symptomatic seizures are clinical seizures occurring at the time of a systemic
insult or in close temporal association with a documented brain insult. Our group previously …

Background Current guidelines set clinical standards for the management of suspected first
seizures and epilepsy. We aimed to assess if these standards are being met across first …

Purpose This study investigated the characteristics of patients presenting with the first-time
seizure (FTS) and whether neurology follow-up occurred in a medically underserved area …

Background Epilepsy is among the most frequent neurological conditions and it is estimated
that approximately 8% of the population experience a seizure at some time in their lives. Aim …