To Determine the Frequency of Seizures in Patients Presented with Acute Stroke in Mayo Hospital, Lahore

2dent life with various complications.It is sub-divided clinically into two types; ischemic and hemorrhagic.Ischemic stroke is common (87%) and may result from narrowing of an artery by thrombus or embolus.Stroke can cause lots of complications e.g., seizures, which may be a single episode or may progress to status epilep-3 ticus especially in the elderly patients.Early-onset seizures are common after stroke and have been reported 4 to occur in 4.2% patients within 14 days after stroke.Following stroke, seizures are associated with a greater resource use, longer hospital stays, and a higher death 5 rate.In addition, the quality of life is severely impacted by seizures in the elderly age group.These impacts include limitations on driving, increased risk of falls, and heightened vulnerability to side effects from anti-6-7 epileptic medications.Post stroke epilepsy is common and the risk enhances more in those with cortical and 8 larger lesions.Stroke can result in 23-to-35-fold increase in seizure incidence which may lead to development 9 of epilepsy.