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Febrile convulsions in a Serbian region: a 10‐year epidemiological study
Author(s) -
Pavlovic Milen V.,
Jarebinski Mirjana S.,
Pekmezovic Tatjana D.,
Marjanovic Borivoje D.,
Levic Zvonimir M.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
european journal of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.881
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1468-1331
pISSN - 1351-5101
DOI - 10.1046/j.1468-1331.1999.610039.x
Subject(s) - medicine , epidemiology , febrile convulsions , pediatrics , epilepsy , incidence (geometry) , population , febrile seizure , psychiatry , environmental health , physics , optics
The first population‐based study in the central region of the Republic of Serbia (total population 283,103) was carried out to assess some epidemiological features of febrile convulsions among children of between 6 months and 5 years of age. During the 10‐year period, 1986 to 1995, there were 570 cases of the first febrile convulsions (287 males and 283 females). The average annual incidence rate was 3/1000 (2.9/1000 in males and 3.0/1000 in females), with the highest in 1995. During the study period, a significantly increased linear regression trend was observed. During the follow‐up period of 5 years for children who had their first febrile convulsions in 1989 and 1990 (total 154 cases), 27 (17.5%) had a recurrence of the disorder, and ten (6.5%) had one or more afebrile seizures, of whom seven children (4.5% of total sample) developed epilepsy (recurrent afebrile seizures).