PMID: 25760845Mar 12, 2015Paper

Changing trends and clinical characteristics of febrile seizures in children

Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics
Ning LiKe-Ying Zhou

Abstract

To investigate the clinical characteristics and changing trends of febrile seizures (FS) in children. The clinical data of 1 922 children with FS admitted from 2004 to 2013 were analyzed retrospectively. The clinical characteristics and changing trends of FS in the two five-year periods were analyzed. In 1 922 children with FS, the male/female ratio was 2.27:1. The mean age at onset was 3.0±1.8 years, while the peak age at onset was 1-3 years. There were 1 556 children (80.96%) with simple FS and 366 (19.04%) with complex FS. The number of children with FS in the second five-year period (1 202 cases) increased by 66.9% compared with that in the first five-year period (720 cases). The proportion of children with complex FS was significantly higher in the second five-year period than in the first five-year period (21.13% vs 15.56%; P<0.05). In children with simple FS, there were no significant differences in the age and body temperature at onset, convulsion duration, and the incidence of complications between the two five-year periods (P>0.05). However, children with complex FS had a significantly lower age at onset, a significantly lower body temperature at onset, a significantly longer convulsion duration, and a significantly h...Continue Reading

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