Early seizures following non-penetrating traumatic brain injury in adults: risk factors and clinical significance.

Background: In the literature dissenting data are obtained about risk factors for early post-traumatic seizures and their impact on outcome. This study was conducted to obtain more information about the clinical significance of early seizures and their possible impact on the treatment of traumatic brain injury.

Methods And Results: A consecutive series of 1868 adult patients with head injury were analysed retrospectively.