ArticleEpilepsy & behavior : E&B2024
Post-traumatic seizures and factors associated among adult patients with depressed skull fractures at Mulago National Referral hospital; cross-sectional study.
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- Epidemiology of Traumatic brain injury in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence, mechanisms, and outcomes.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- Predictive models for the occurrence of expansive intracranial hematomas and outcomes after surgical evacuation in patients with traumatic brain injury in Uganda: a prospective cohort study.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Article
- Barriers, Attitudes, and Solutions for Brain Health Research Training in LMICs: A Trainee Cross-Sectional Study in Uganda.Advances in medical education and practice · 2026Article
- Functional outcomes in depressed skull fractures: the role of surgical timing and perioperative clinical radiological predictors.Neurosurgical review · 2025Article
- Timing of Surgery and Preoperative Predictors of Surgical Site Infections for Patients with Depressed Skull Fractures in a Sub-Saharan Tertiary Hospital: A Prospective Cohort Study.Neurotrauma reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
introductionPost-traumatic seizures (PTS) are common among patients with depressed skull fractures (DSF). Understanding the burden of post traumatic seizures and the factors associated among adult patients with DSF is important to improve clinical care.
objectiveTo determine the prevalence and factors associated with post-traumatic seizures among adult patients with DSF at Mulago National Referral hospital (MNRH).
methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted among 333 study participants between March 2021 and February 2022. Socio-demographic, clinical laboratory factors and anti-seizure medications were collected using a study questionnaire. Data was analysed to determine the prevalence of PTS and factors associated with occurrence of PTS among patients with DSF.
resultsThe mean age (±SD) of study participants was 31.2, (±10.5) years, with a male to female ratio of 10.4:1. Nearly half of the study participants had attained secondary level of education, while 31.6 % (105) were peasants (subsistence farmers). The overall prevalence of PTS among DSF study participants was 16.2 % (54participants). Late presentation of PTS was the highest at 9.0 % (30) followed by early PTS at 3.9 % [13] and immediate PTS at 3.3 % [11]. Moderate Glasgow coma score (GCS: 9-13), p < 0.015, severe traumatic brain injury (GCS: 3-8), p < 0.026 at the time of admission and midline brain shift (≥5mm), p < 0.009 were associated with PTS. Phenytoin (94.3 %) was the most commonly used ASM followed by phenobarbitone (1.4 %) and Valproate (1.1 %) among study participants.
conclusionPatients with moderate and severe traumatic brain injury and midline brain shift were associated with post traumatic seizures. Early identification and intervention may reduce the burden of posttraumatic seizures in this category of patients.
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