Anti-Epileptic Medication Exposure Influences Functional Status in New Zealand Stroke Patients: A Retrospective Population-Level Study.

Background: Patients who develop seizures after stroke have disproportionately poorer outcomes and increased mortality.

Objective: Our objective was to investigate whether exposure to anti-epileptic medications influenced long-term functional status after stroke.

Methods: We used linked health administrative data from a cohort of adult stroke patients in New Zealand.