First-Time Seizure Patients have High Rate of Abnormalities on Emergency Department Performed Brain Computed Tomography: A Prospective Study.

Background: First-time seizures comprise 15% to 35% of all seizure-related complaints in the emergency department (ED). Emergent neuroimaging of first-time seizure patients is recommended by both the American Academy of Neurology and American College of Emergency Physicians. However, most of these studies are over 10 years old and included both adults and children.