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Neurológia pre prax 4/2023
Post‑stroke epilepsy
How should be the post-stroke epilepsy diagnosed? What are the risks of developping this condition after the stroke? And finally, how should we treat this condition and what are the tricky aspects of it? Without this knowledge, it is impossible to treat post-stroke epilepsy effectively. Inappropriate treatment can bring unnecessary patient stigmatization and serious side effects. This review aimes to provide answers to these questions connected to the disease with raising prevalence bringing many risk to the patients.
Keywords: post-stroke epilepsy, acute symptomatic seizure, unprovoked seizure, antiseizure medication, continuous EEG
