Yıl: 2020 Cilt: 52 Sayı: 1 Sayfa Aralığı: 41 - 46 Metin Dili: İngilizce DOI: 10.5152/eurasianjmed.2020.19039 İndeks Tarihi: 01-07-2020

Factors Associated with Good Seizure Control in Patients on Valproic Acid

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Objective: This study aims to generate a reference range for valproic acid (VPA) in this cohort and determine the factors associated with good seizure control in patients taking this drug.Materials and Methods: We conducted a prospective, cohort, observational study among patients withepilepsy who received VPA treatment at Hospital Kuala Lumpur. The patients were considered to have goodcontrol if they had a 50% or higher seizure reduction in the one-year study period compared with the previous year. The VPA reference range was generated from those patients who had good control and whosedrug concentration values were available. Multiple logistic regression analysis with a backward likelihood ratiomethod was applied to assess the predicting factors for good seizure control.Results: A total of 242 patients were recruited and followed up for one year. The VPA reference range wasdetermined to be 40-85 mg/L. After multivariate analysis, significant predictive variables for good controlwere monotherapy [adjusted OR 4.74, 95% CI: 2.258, 9.947, p<0.001], non-smoking [adjusted OR 3.23, 95%CI: 1.099, 9.473, p=0.033], normal brain imaging results [adjusted OR 5.83, 95% CI: 2.507, 13.552, p<0.001],and the absence of stress [adjusted OR 19.98, 95% CI: 9.255, 42.764, p<0.001].Conclusion: Monotherapy, non-smoking, normal brain imaging results, and the absence of stress are predictive of good seizure control in patients on VPA. However, a serum concentration of VPA in the referencerange failed to predict good seizure control.
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APA AHMAD M, AB RAHMAN A, SAPUAN S (2020). Factors Associated with Good Seizure Control in Patients on Valproic Acid. , 41 - 46. 10.5152/eurasianjmed.2020.19039
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Vancouver AHMAD M,AB RAHMAN A,SAPUAN S Factors Associated with Good Seizure Control in Patients on Valproic Acid. . 2020; 41 - 46. 10.5152/eurasianjmed.2020.19039
IEEE AHMAD M,AB RAHMAN A,SAPUAN S "Factors Associated with Good Seizure Control in Patients on Valproic Acid." , ss.41 - 46, 2020. 10.5152/eurasianjmed.2020.19039
ISNAD AHMAD, Mastura vd. "Factors Associated with Good Seizure Control in Patients on Valproic Acid". (2020), 41-46. https://doi.org/10.5152/eurasianjmed.2020.19039
APA AHMAD M, AB RAHMAN A, SAPUAN S (2020). Factors Associated with Good Seizure Control in Patients on Valproic Acid. Eurasian Journal of Medicine, 52(1), 41 - 46. 10.5152/eurasianjmed.2020.19039
Chicago AHMAD Mastura,AB RAHMAN Ab Fatah,SAPUAN Sapiah Factors Associated with Good Seizure Control in Patients on Valproic Acid. Eurasian Journal of Medicine 52, no.1 (2020): 41 - 46. 10.5152/eurasianjmed.2020.19039
MLA AHMAD Mastura,AB RAHMAN Ab Fatah,SAPUAN Sapiah Factors Associated with Good Seizure Control in Patients on Valproic Acid. Eurasian Journal of Medicine, vol.52, no.1, 2020, ss.41 - 46. 10.5152/eurasianjmed.2020.19039
AMA AHMAD M,AB RAHMAN A,SAPUAN S Factors Associated with Good Seizure Control in Patients on Valproic Acid. Eurasian Journal of Medicine. 2020; 52(1): 41 - 46. 10.5152/eurasianjmed.2020.19039
Vancouver AHMAD M,AB RAHMAN A,SAPUAN S Factors Associated with Good Seizure Control in Patients on Valproic Acid. Eurasian Journal of Medicine. 2020; 52(1): 41 - 46. 10.5152/eurasianjmed.2020.19039
IEEE AHMAD M,AB RAHMAN A,SAPUAN S "Factors Associated with Good Seizure Control in Patients on Valproic Acid." Eurasian Journal of Medicine, 52, ss.41 - 46, 2020. 10.5152/eurasianjmed.2020.19039
ISNAD AHMAD, Mastura vd. "Factors Associated with Good Seizure Control in Patients on Valproic Acid". Eurasian Journal of Medicine 52/1 (2020), 41-46. https://doi.org/10.5152/eurasianjmed.2020.19039