A randomised study on the effectiveness of prophylactic phenytoin for preventing post-traumatic seizure: predictors of early post-traumatic seizure
Seizure present | No seizure | P value | |
Age (years), N (%)* | |||
15 and below | 6 (33.3) | 12 (66.7) | 0.001 |
Above 15 | 5 (6.6) | 71 (93.4) | |
Gender, N (%)* | |||
Male | 9 (11.7) | 68 (88.3) | 0.993 |
Female | 2 (11.8) | 15 (88.2) | |
Phenytoin prophylaxis, N (%)* | |||
None | 10 (21.3) | 37 (78.7) | 0.008 |
Yes | 1 (2.1) | 46 (97.9) | |
Severity, N (%)* | |||
Severe | 5 (26.3) | 14 (73.7) | 0.033 |
Moderate | 4 (20.0) | 16 (80.0) | |
Mild | 2 (3.6) | 53 (96.4) | |
Contusion, N (%)† | 5 (20.8) | 19 (79.2) | 0.107 |
Intracranial haematoma, N (%)†‡ | 2 (12.5) | 14 (87.5) | 1.000 |
*Pearson χ2 test performed.
†Fisher’s exact performed.
‡Intracranial haematoma defined as subdural hematoma and/or intracerebral haemorrhage.