2019
DOI: 10.1016/j.nrleng.2017.02.012
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Clinical and sociodemographic profile of epilepsy in adults from a reference centre in Colombia

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“…Approximately 30% of patients will develop epilepsy refractory to ASM. 6 Higher proportions have been reported in LAC countries, ranging between 37 and 56%, 46 47 which is attributed to late diagnosis, limited access to medications, and challenges in achieving seizure control. However, the availability of epilepsy surgery for refractory epilepsy varies depending on country income level and resources.…”
Section: Challenges In Access To Epilepsy Care In Lac Countriesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Approximately 30% of patients will develop epilepsy refractory to ASM. 6 Higher proportions have been reported in LAC countries, ranging between 37 and 56%, 46 47 which is attributed to late diagnosis, limited access to medications, and challenges in achieving seizure control. However, the availability of epilepsy surgery for refractory epilepsy varies depending on country income level and resources.…”
Section: Challenges In Access To Epilepsy Care In Lac Countriesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…En el estudio llevado a cabo por Restrepo Gualteros SM y Orozco Hernández JP, se constató que la edad de inicio de la enfermedad fue más frecuente en la etapa de transicional y preescolar. (17,18) En la serie publicada por Sánchez Díaz T, este señala que el debut de este trastorno fue mayor en la etapa de lactante; coincidiendo todos estos resultados con los obtenidos en el presente estudio (12). La epilepsia en el niño suele tener un inicio precoz, sustentado en la inmadurez del grado de organización y funcionamiento del sistema nervioso central, todo esto unido a la influencia de una "noxa" que facilita su expresión clínica (15,19).…”
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“…Sariego Jarmado et al (7) registraron en su trabajo a las crisis generalizadas como las más frecuentes, lo cual si coincide con nuestro estudio. Se ha comprobado que existe una gran variabilidad en los resultados de los diferentes autores al aplicar la clasificación internacional de las crisis epilépticas, fundamentalmente en los niños pequeños, debido a que resulta compleja la distinción entre las crisis focales y generalizadas, sobre la base de la observación clínica y del electroencefalograma interictal, lo que dificulta la comparación fiel de unos estudios con otros (14,17). Al analizar de forma global se obtuvo que se presentaron con mayor frecuencia las epilepsias y síndromes epilépticos parciales criptogénicos en nueve pacientes (13,0%), seguido de 22 pacientes (15,5%) con epilepsias y síndromes epilépticos parciales sintomáticos y 36 pacientes (52,2%) con epilepsias y síndromes epilépticos generalizados sintomáticos.…”
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“…They also affirm that 70% of people with epilepsy worldwide could resolve their disease with adequate use of cost-effective antiepileptic medication [ 13 ]. A study performed by Orozco et al [ 14 ] reported a prevalence of 11.3 cases per 1000 people in Colombia, 37% of whom had a drug-resistant form of epilepsy. The use of phenobarbital as an AED has been discouraged in developed countries mostly because of its neurotoxicity, which manifests as sedation, mood changes, and behavioral and cognitive alterations, among other symptomatology [ 15 , 16 ]; however, in the previously mentioned study, 28% of patients were receiving phenytoin and 14% phenobarbital as monotherapy.…”
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confidence: 99%