Prognosis

The risk of early seziures is increased with: 

• a cortical involvement ^b
• an acute agitated confusional state ^b
• an anterior hemisphere infarct ^b

Early seizures are more likely with an acute agitated confusional state or cortical involvement

Patient	Prognostic Factor	Outcome	CER	OR (95% CI)	NNF+ (95% CI)
first stroke a	cortical involvement independent	seizures at 48 hours	0.25%	6.01 (2.54 to 14.2)	81 (31 to 261)
	acute agitated confusional state independent		2.1%	4.44 (1.43 to 13.8)	15 (5 to 113)
first ischaemic stroke a	anterior hemisphere infarct independent	early seizures at 1 week	2.0%	4.00 (1.20 to 13.7)	18 (5 to 250)