Prognosis

The risk of late seizures is increased with:   

• a haemorrhagic first stroke ^b
• seizure onset within 24 hours of stroke ^b
• recurrent stroke ^b

A haemorrhagic stroke and early seizures increase the risk of having a seizure at 2 years

Patient	Prognostic Factor	Outcome	CER	OR (95% CI)	NNF+ (95% CI)
first stroke a	haemorrhagic first stroke independent	seizure at 2 years	8%	10.2 (3.70 to 27.9)	6 (5 to 8)
	early onset seizure independent			7.52 (2.46 to 23.0)	55 (50 to 81)