Literature DB >> 30863248

S Brosset1, M Vantomme2, R Viard2, R Aimard2, A Mertens2, J P Comparin2, D Voulliaume2.   

Abstract

A retrospective study was conducted to assess the interactions between epileptic seizure and burn. The study was conducted on all patients treated at the Saint Luc Saint Joseph Hospital Burn Unit from 2000 to 2015 with a diagnosis of epilepsy. Forty-eight cases associating burns and epilepsy were reviewed. Twenty-eight patients had a burn following an epileptic seizure. The average age was 43, and the burned area was 9%. Injuries resulted from contact with hot surface (32%), scald burn (50% - 32% with cooking water and 17.8% by accidental exposure to hot tap water (shower)). Burns by flames were rare (4 cases/28: 14.3%). The burns were deep, and all required surgical treatment by excision - split thickness skin graft. All the cases of tap water burns occurred before 2010 and the changes to hot tap water temperature legislation. Three patients presented a new epileptic seizure during their hospitalization. Primary prevention of domestic accidents, particularly regulation of hot tap water temperature, appears effective. Educating epileptic patients on the importance of therapeutic compliance and the elimination of risky activities during periods of therapeutic modification should further reduce the incidence of seizure-related burns.

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Year:  2018        PMID: 30863248      PMCID: PMC6367863     

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Ann Burns Fire Disasters        ISSN: 1592-9558


  12 in total

1.  BURNED EPILEPTICS.

Authors:  D O MAISELS; B V CORPS
Journal:  Lancet       Date:  1964-06-13       Impact factor: 79.321

2.  Burns patients with epilepsy or a learning disability have a greater length of stay in hospital than those patients with a history of drug or alcohol abuse.

Authors:  Diaa Othman; Owen Jones
Journal:  Burns       Date:  2010-12-30       Impact factor: 2.744

3.  Who burned and how to prevent? Identification of risk for and prevention of burns among epileptic patients.

Authors:  Yang-Ki Minn
Journal:  Burns       Date:  2006-10-31       Impact factor: 2.744

4.  Patients with epilepsy: a high-risk population prone to severe burns as a consequence of seizures while showering.

Authors:  Frank Unglaub; Seth Woodruff; Erhan Demir; Norbert Pallua
Journal:  J Burn Care Rehabil       Date:  2005 Nov-Dec

Review 5.  Burns and epilepsy--review and case report.

Authors:  Alfredo Gragnani; Bruno Rafael Müller; Andrea Fernandes Oliveira; Lydia Masako Ferreira
Journal:  Burns       Date:  2014-10-23       Impact factor: 2.744

6.  Burns in patients with epilepsy: changes in epidemiology and implications for burn treatment and prevention.

Authors:  I C Josty; V Narayanan; W A Dickson
Journal:  Epilepsia       Date:  2000-04       Impact factor: 5.864

Review 7.  Accidents and injuries in patients with epilepsy.

Authors:  Ettore Beghi
Journal:  Expert Rev Neurother       Date:  2009-02       Impact factor: 4.618

8.  Accidents in patients with epilepsy: types, circumstances, and complications: a European cohort study.

Authors:  Mariska van den Broek; Ettore Beghi
Journal:  Epilepsia       Date:  2004-06       Impact factor: 5.864

9.  [Not Available].

Authors:  S Boukind; O K Elatiqi; M Dlimi; D Elamrani; Y Benchamkha; S Ettalbi
Journal:  Ann Burns Fire Disasters       Date:  2015-06-30

10.  Morbidity and accidents in patients with epilepsy: results of a European cohort study.

Authors:  Ettore Beghi; Cesare Cornaggia
Journal:  Epilepsia       Date:  2002-09       Impact factor: 5.864

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