The clinical analysis of new‐onset status epilepticus

Objective To investigate and analyze the etiology and prognosis of patients with new‐onset status epilepticus (NOSE). Methods We conducted a retrospective analysis of all adult patients (≧16 years old) who were admitted to Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital between January 2018 and December 2020 with status epilepticus (SE) and no prior epilepsy history. Results We collected data from 85 patients, aged from 16 to 90 years, of whom 49 were male and 36 were female. Fifty‐five of these cases (64.7%) were younger than 60 years of age. Acute symptomatic SE was mostly seen in the NOSE (53.9%), followed by unknown SE (25.9%), progressive SE (11.8%), and remote SE (9.4%). The differences in the etiology of NOSE between age groups were statistically significant (P