A study to predict the response to treatment in paediatric patients treated with anti-epilepsy drug in a tertiary hospital in Central India

Dr. Manoj Bhatnagar; Dr. Samata Warudkar

Volume : VII, Issue : X, October - 2018

A study to predict the response to treatment in paediatric patients treated with anti-epilepsy drug in a tertiary hospital in Central India

Dr. Manoj Bhatnagar, Dr. Samata Warudkar

Abstract :

Objective: This study was conducted to predict the response to treatment in patients treated with anti-epilepsy drugs.

Methods: This study was an analytical questionnaire-based study conducted in the department of paediatrics in a tertiary hospital in central India from January 2017 to december 2017. Total of 128 patients admitted with epilepsy were studied. Results: Seventy-two patients (56.3%) were boys. The age of the first seizure was under 2 yr old in 90 patients (70.3%). History of feile convulsion, family history of epilepsy and history of asphyxia was found in 16 (12.5%), 41 (32%), and 27 (21.1%) patients, respectively. Seizure etiology was idiopathic in 90 patients (70.3%), and the number of seizures was 1-2 in 36 patients (28.1%). Overall, 57 patients (44.5%) had cereal lesion according to CT scan or MRI, and EEG was abnormal in 101 patients (78.9%).

Conclusion: Abnormal EEG is an effective factor in treatment response in the children studied.