A selection of the assessments made for patients presenting with seizure (percentage of all patients and median (IQR) for hospital sites)—a full list is available from http://www.nashstudy.org
| Patients with diagnosis of epilepsy | Patients with known blackouts or seizures, but no epilepsy | Patients with neither prior epilepsy nor blackouts/seizures | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (%) n=2759 | Site median (%) n=154 | IQR by site | Mean (%) n=767 | Site median (%) n=154 | IQR by site | Mean (%) n=1011 | Site median (%) n=154 | IQR by site | |
| Glasgow Coma Scale score | 89.0 | 91.8 | 82–99 | 91.8 | 100.0 | 86–100 | 90.3 | 100.0 | 83–100 |
| Plantar reflex tested | 30.0 | 25.0 | 13–42 | 35.9 | 33.3 | 14–59 | 41.7 | 40.0 | 20–60 |
| Fundi examined | 12.6 | 4.9 | 0–12 | 15.6 | 0.0 | 0–25 | 18.5 | 0.0 | 0–25 |
| Eyewitness history taken or sought | 66.3 | 68.2 | 52–85 | 69.2 | 75.0 | 50–100 | 75.1 | 80.0 | 62–100 |
| Temperature | 92.1 | 94.4 | 86–100 | 93.9 | 100.0 | 100–100 | 91.4 | 100.0 | 88–100 |
| Review by a senior doctor in ED | 57.5 | 56.3 | 42–73 | 59.2 | 60.0 | 40–80 | 58.6 | 60.0 | 40–80 |
| Documentation of general alcohol intake | 37.2 | 36.6 | 21–48 | 53.8 | 50.0 | 33–75 | 48.0 | 40.0 | 25–67 |
ED, emergency department.