Open AccessStudy of Febrile Seizure among Hospitalized Children of a Tertiary Centre of Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
Author(s) -
Ram Prasad Pokhrel,
Radha Bhurtel,
Kalpana Karmacharya Malla,
Love Kumar Shah
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of nepal medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.176
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1815-672X
pISSN - 0028-2715
DOI - 10.31729/jnma.6092
Subject(s) - medicine , febrile seizure , pediatrics , confidence interval , cross sectional study , status epilepticus , epilepsy , pathology , psychiatry
Febrile seizure is the commonest cause of seizure in children and appears mostly between 6-60 months of life. The objective of this study is to find out the prevalence of febrile seizure among hospitalized children of a tertiary centre of Nepal.