Open AccessDisease Profile of Seizure in Children
Author(s) -
M Zahirul Haque,
Paul Pk,
MB Uddin,
KI Jahan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
taj
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2408-8854
pISSN - 1019-8555
DOI - 10.3329/taj.v25i0.37555
Subject(s) - convulsion , medicine , pediatrics , seizure disorders , febrile seizure , epilepsy , febrile convulsions , meningitis , disease , encephalitis , psychiatry , immunology , virus
This study was done in the Departmen tof Paediatrics, Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, Rajshahi to final out the disease profile of children Hospitalised with seizure presentation. From 01/01/14 to 31/12/14 period a total of 12,560 children in the age group 6 months to 12 years were admitted in the Paediatric department. Among these 656 (5.2%) children were admitted due to convulsion. 62.8% were male and 37.2% female, 53% febrile and 47% a febrile, 59% were less than 5 years. Generalized tonic clonic convulsion (GTC) was the most common seizure type (72.8%). Febrile convulsion, seizure disorder, meningitis and encephalitis were common causes of convulsion.TAJ 2012; 25: 35-37