objective to evaluate the serum zinc level of the patients with simple febrile seizure and compare them with febrile children without seizure. materials & methods this prospective case - control study was performed on 60 patients aged 6 months to 6 years from apr. 2009 to jan.2010 in ghaem, imam reza and dr. sheikh hospitals in mashhad. the serum zinc level was assessed and compared between the...

The aim of this study was to assess the number of fever episodes as a risk factor for febrile seizure recurrence during the first 6 months after the last previous febrile seizure. In a 6-month follow-up study of 155 children, aged 3 months to 5 y, with a first or a recurrent febrile seizure, the occurrence of fever episodes and febrile seizure recurrences was prospectively documented. Using log...

430 www.thelancet.com Vol 372 August 9, 2008 in the general population, it is diffi cult to exclude chance as an explanation for their fi ndings. In today’s study, Vestergaard and colleagues tested the hypothesis that febrile seizures are associated with an increased risk of death, by examining mortality data from a cohort of more than 1·6 million children, including over 55 000 children with f...

background: febrile convulsion (fc) is one of the most common emergency diseases in childhood that has an incidence of3-4%. the most common causes offc are gastroenteritis and respiratory infections. we know that exclusive breast-feeding in the first 6 months oflife decreases this disorder. methods: in this study we evaluated the frequency of exclusive breast-feeding on children who had fc and ...

results the mean levels of serum calcium, serum zinc, cerebrospinal fluid calcium and cerebrospinal fluid zinc were 14.51 ± 3.69 mg/dl; 184.04 ± 65.49 µg/dl; 5.23 ± 2.21 mg/dl and 87.06 ± 28.25 µg/dl respectively. conclusions we did not find any clear abnormality in plasma or cerebrospinal fluid calcium and zinc levels in children with febrile seizures in our patient population. patients and me...

febrile convulsion (fc) is the most common seizure disorder in childhood. white blood cell (wbc) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (esr) are commonly measured in fc. trauma, vomiting and bleeding can also lead to wbc and esr so the blood tests must carefully be interpreted by the clinician. in this cross sectional study 410 children(163 with fc), aged 6 months to 5 years, admitted to bahrami c...

Design: Case control study, Setting: Pediatric department of a tertiary care teaching hospital, Participants: Cases were children of age group 6 months to 5 years presenting with simple febrile seizures. Controls were children of same age group presenting with short febrile illness without any seizures, Materials and Methods: In this study, cases 101 children with febrile seizures and 101 febri...

OBJECTIVES To compare the incidence of febrile seizures in children hospitalized for influenza A infection with parainfluenza and adenovirus infection and to examine the hypothesis that children hospitalized for influenza A (variant Sydney/H3N2) during the 1998 season in Hong Kong had more frequent and refractory seizures when compared with other respiratory viruses, including the A/Wuhan H3N2 ...

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common complications after radical cystectomy and orthotopic neobladder reconstruction. This study investigated the incidence and implicated pathogen of febrile UTI after ileal neobladder reconstruction and identify clinical and urodynamic parameters associated with febrile UTI. From January 2001 to May 2015, 236 patients who underwent radical cy...