Early point-of-care EEG in acute stroke: Prevalence and predictive factors of early post-stroke status epilepticus (e-PSSE).

Summary: When someone has a stroke, their brain can sometimes start having silent, ongoing seizures. This is very dangerous. Doctors usually think this happens in about 1 out of 100 people. But in this new study, doctors used a quick brain wave test (called an EEG) right at the hospital bed for 647 stroke patients within the first three days. They found these silent seizures happen much more often—in about 4 out of 100 people! They also learned that women, people with kidney disease, those with bleeding strokes, or those with very bad strokes are at a higher risk. This shows how important it is to check brain waves early after a stroke to help patients get the right care.