Volume : IX, Issue : VI, June - 2020

Clinical & Laboratory characteristics of febrile seizure in children at tertiary care centre, Jhalawar

Dr. Deepak Kumar Pareek, Dr. Naresh Kumar Meena

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Background: This study was conducted to evaluate the clinical profile, gender predilection, risk of family history of Feile Seizures or epilepsy and compare the lab parameters in children with Feile Seizures and children with Feile illness in a tertiary care hospital. Method: A descriptive prospective case control study done in Jhalawar medical college over a period of three months. It was composed of 100 children out of which 50 cases were with Feile Seizures and 50 were Feile illness without Seizures. Result: Out of 50 cases of feile seizure 58% was male. 78% was simple feile and 22% was atypical feile seizures. Mean age of presentation was 22.8 months. Majority of children develop seizures within 6 hours after the onset of fever. URTI was the most common cause of fever in these children. Conclusion: Parent’s counselling should be done for fever prophylaxis and about benign nature of disease. Children less than 2 years and with positive family history are at high risk.

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CLINICAL & LABORATORY CHARACTERISTICS OF FEBRILE SEIZURE IN CHILDREN AT TERTIARY CARE CENTRE, JHALAWAR, Dr. DEEPAK KUMAR PAREEK, Dr. NARESH KUMAR MEENA INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-6 | June-2020

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