Aspects cliniques, étiologiques et thérapeutiques des convulsions fébriles. À propos de 325 cas à Yaoundé
| Autor: | C. Kuate Tegueu, E. Mah, Séraphin Nguefack, Andreas Chiabi, P. F. Tchokoteu, F. Fru, Elie Mbonda, C.A. Ngo Kana |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Lumbar puncture medicine.medical_treatment Neurological disorder medicine.disease Anticonvulsant Febrile seizure Lower respiratory tract infection Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Chemoprophylaxis Etiology Medicine business Diazepam medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Archives de Pédiatrie. 17:480-485 |
| ISSN: | 0929-693X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.arcped.2010.02.018 |
| Popis: | A prospective study of 325 children with febrile seizures was conducted in 2 hospitals in Yaounde, from 15 January to 15 December 2008. The proportion of patients with febrile seizures among all admitted patients was 6.1%. The mean age was 24.6 months; the peak age of these patients was 12-17 months. The sex ratio was 1.5. The mean temperature on admission was 39.2 degrees C. There was a family history of febrile seizures in 36.4%. Simple febrile seizures were seen in 58.7% and the complex type in 41.3%. Malaria was the main etiology in 67.7%, followed by upper and lower respiratory tract infection in 14.1% and 9.8%, respectively. Lumbar puncture was performed in all patients. The commonest anticonvulsant used to stop seizures was rectal diazepam in 88%. Febrile seizure prophylaxis was administered to 43% of the patients; antipyretics were the most widely used, either alone or combined with rectal diazepam. |
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