Clinico-Demographic Profiles Of Seizures In Children- An Observational Study From A Tertiary Care Center.
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2019, Vol 18, Issue 3
Abstract
Background: Seizure is one of the common causes of childhood hospitalization with significant mortality and morbidity. There is limited data regarding acute seizures episodes form the developing countries. Current study aims to find the prevalence and seizure semiology and short term outcome in children presenting to a tertiary center in Mahabubnagar, Telangana. Methods: This prospective observational study was done at department of Pediatrics, S.V.S. Medical College and Hospital, Mahabubnagar, Telangana from October 2017 to September 2018. Results: A total of 300 patients were admitted for seizures with 185 (61.6%) males and 115 (38.3%) females with a male female ratio of 1.6:1. Majority of children (152, 50.6%) were between 13 months to 5 years. Among these patients, 159 (53.5%) had fever with seizure. Generalized tonic-clonic seizures were the most common seizure type (52.3%). Common causes of seizure were febrile seizures (123, 41%), followed by seizure disorder (53, 17.6%), meningitis (44, 14.6%), encephalitis (21, 7%), neurocysticercosis (20, 6.6%), tubercular meningitis (13, 4.3%). Majority of the patients had complete recovery (262, 87.3%). Mortality (15, 5%) was mostly attributable to central nervous system infection. Conclusion: Prevalence of seizures in our study is 8.6%. Febrile convulsions were common causes of seizure in children followed by symptomatic seizures including CNS infections.
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Lakshmi Aparna Devi V. V, K Venkataramana Reddy, Geethika. M, C. Soren, Pradeep . R
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