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To Study the Incidence, Etiology, Laboratory Profile and Risk Factors of Febrile Seizures

Ninza Rawal** , Sunil Mhaske* , Ninza Rawal** , Liza Bulsara**

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Pediatric Education and Research 4(3):p 147-149, Sept - Dec 2016. | DOI: DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21088/per.2321.1644.4316.2

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 Background: Febrile convulsion (FC) is the most common type of seizure that occurs in children aged 6-60 months. It occurs in two forms including simple and complex febrile seizure. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the clinical, epidemiologic and laboratory features of patients admitted to our hospital with febrile seizure in 2014-2015. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the patients with diagnosis of febrile seizure were the target population. We obtained patient’s data based on clinical examination, history and information registered in hospital medical files including demographic, clinical and laboratory findings. Results: During the study period, 60 children with febrile seizures and mean age of 26.2 ± 19.5 months were studied. Male to female ratio was 1.2:1. 37 (61.9%) children had simple seizures and 23 (38.1%) children had complex seizures. 12 (19.4%) of the patients had family history of febrile seizures and family history of epilepsy was positive in 6.3% of cases. Ninety one percent of cases were born with normal vaginal delivery. Also, only 2 patients (3.1%) had less than 37 weeks of gestational age at birth. The mean rectal temperature of the patients was 38.5 ± 0.67 ºC. Gastroenteritis was the most common cause of fever in our patients. Conclusion: The highest frequency of Febrile Convulsion was seen in younger than 20-month-old children. Except for the lower incidence of positive history of prematurity and higher prevalence of gastroenteritis, results of the present study are relatively similar to other studies.

Keywords: Seizures; Febrile; Children.

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