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- Title
Febrile seizures: What do you want to know?.
- Authors
Otman, Muftah A.; Saed, Mohamad M.
- Abstract
Febrile seizures are benign, self-limiting, and most common convulsive disorders that occur between the age of 6 and 60 months, but at the same time, it is also a major challenge in pediatric practice and it is an alarming event in the lives of both child and parents. To detect the incidence, causes of febrile seizures and to find out the correlation between febrile seizures and certain parameters. An observational organized prospective clinical study was performed on 235 children with febrile seizures attending the pediatric department in Tobruk Medical Center 2018. A questionnaire was administered to parents who included items regarding age at admission, gender, recurrence, mode of delivery, cause of fever, family history of febrile seizures, and family history of epilepsy with febrile seizures. Febrile seizure represent (7 %) of total admission in the pediatric department at Tobruk Medical Center 2018. Most commonly occur in the second year of life, (40.4 %) of cases diagnosed as febrile seizures in this age group. It's more common in males than females with a male-female ratio of (1.53:1). Simple febrile seizures were more common than complex febrile seizures (85.5% vs. 14.5%). Respiratory tract infection is the main cause of fever in patients with febrile seizures (74%). Most of the case is the first attack (88.5%). A family history of febrile seizures was present in (24%) of the cases, while a family history of epilepsy was present with (11 %) seizures of the cases. The febrile seizures are a benign condition and all admitted Children recovered and discharged without any significant complication. Incidence and prevalence are different according to many factors. It is predominantly seen in males. The most causative factor was the respiratory tract infection. With the peak age of incidence in the second year of life. Simple febrile seizures were a more common type. Family history of febrile seizures and epilepsy are significant risk factors for the recurrence of febrile seizures and for the development of epilepsy.
- Publication
International Journal of Pharmacy & Life Sciences, 2020, Vol 11, Issue 8, p6914
- ISSN
0976-7126
- Publication type
Academic Journal