Outcome of newly-diagnosed epilepsy in older patients

► We analyze the outcome of patients older than 65 yo with newly-diagnosed epilepsy. ► We describe epilepsy etiology and seizure type. ► 55% of patients had epilepsy of unknown cause, 45% had symptomatic epilepsy. ► 90%, 77%, 74%, 67% of patients were seizure-free at 6, 12, 18, 24 months, respectively. ► Thirty percent of patients experienced adverse effects to drug treatment.