Abstract

Sheikh Nawaz Ahmad, Gulzar Ahmad Bhat and Dr. Mushtaq Ahmad Wani*

ABSTRACT

Background: Elderly seizure is one of the most common neurological disorder among aged people all over the globe with multiple etiologies. The current study was aimed to study the etiologies and diagnosis of Elderly seizure in Kashmiri population and to compare its different clinical and etiological profile among different age group males and females. Patients & Methods: All patients who developed seizure after the age of 40 years were recruited in the current prospective study. In total 109 subjects with Elderly seizure were included in this study. The study was executed in the Neurology unit of Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Science, Srinagar- a tertiary care hospital in Kashmir from August 2014 to July 2016. Results: Among the 109 recruited subjects, the 71-80 years age group was more susceptible to seizures. Generalized tonic-clonic seizure with a percentage of 45.87% was the most common seizure type among the studied subjects. Among etiological factors, almost 50% of the study subjects presented with carebrovascular diseases. Males were more susceptible to intracerebral hemorrhage and cerebral venous sinus thrombosis. MRI/CT and EEG findings were abnormal in maximum number of subjects (61.5% and 53.2% respectively) and both findings showed statistically a significant positive correlation in determining the seizure among study subjects (r=0.93; p=