Febrile seizures: Clinical features of 96 patients

Year 2002, Volume: 33 Issue: 1, 27 - 29, 01.02.2002

Yüksel Yılmaz Berna Şener Handan Şahsuvaroğlu Enver Atay Meral İnalhan Savaş İnan

Abstract

Aim: This study was designed to investigate the clinical findings of the children with febrile seizure (FS). Patients: This study encompasses 96 patients with FS admitted to our Pediatric Neurology Division between January-December 1997. Results: The mean age at the time of the first FS was 16 months (5 months- 4.5 years). The incidence of a history of FS in the first and second degree relatives was 72 %. In 9.7% of the children a history of epilepsy in the family was noted. Generalized tonic (52.5%) and atonic (25.4%) seizures were the most common types of seizures. Seizures were classified as complex in 54.8% and simple in 46.2% of the cases. Status occurred in 16.1% of all cases. The recurrence rate was 83.9% and recurrence occurred in 50% of the cases within the first 6 months, in 84.9% within the first 12 months. Complex FS were determined in 80.5% of the children with recurrence, whereas in 26.7% of the patients without recurrence. Conclusion: FS are a common problem especially in children less than 3 years of age. The recurrence rate is high within the 12 months after the first FS and in patients with complicated FS.

Keywords

Clinical findings, Seizures, Febrile, Child, Investigative Techniques

Febrile seizures: Clinical features of 96 patients

Abstract

Keywords

Klinik bulgular, Nöbetler, febril, Çocuk, Araştırma teknikleri

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