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Pediatric Education and Research 5(2):p 61-64, May-Aug 2017. | DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21088/per.2321.1644.5217.12
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Clinical Profile of Patients with Febrile Convulsion: A Retrospective Study in a Tertiary Care Pediatric Hospital
M. Mizanur Rahman, Associate Professor and Head of Department, Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Community Pediatrics, Bangladesh Institute of Child Health, Dhaka Shishu (Children) Hospital, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh. , M. Mizanur Rahman* , Mirza Md. Ziaul Islam** , M. Atiqul Islam***
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Pediatric Education and Research 5(2):p 61-64, May-Aug 2017. | DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21088/per.2321.1644.5217.12
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Introduction: Febrile seizures (FS) occur in 25% of children aged 6 months to 5 years. Several studies have confirmed that between 2 to 7% of children with FS, develop epilepsy later in life. This study was performed to evaluate the clinical aspects of patients with febrile seizure in Dhaka Shishu (Children) Hospital, a tertiary care pediatric hospital. Materials and Methods: This was a retrospective descriptive crosssectional study that was performed from September 2014 to December 2015 in which 74 patients aged 6 months to 5 years were evaluated. Results: Most patients were male and aged between 1 to 3 years. 22.7% had a past history of febrile seizures. Upper respiratory tract infections and gastroenteritis were among the most common causes of febrile seizures. Simple febrile seizures were seen in 64.8% of the cases. Most of such patients had body temperature above 38.5 c at the time of seizure occurrence. Conclusion: Febrile seizures were more frequently seen in boys aged 1 to 3 years. It most commonly occurred following an upper respiratory tract infection and due to rise in body temperature above 38.50C.
Keywords: Children; Convulsion; Fever; Infections.
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