Background: Febrile seizure is one of the commonest childhood neurologic diseases. There an increasing concern that vitamin D deficiency may play etiological role. This study was conducted to find out association between levels and febrile seizure. Objective were determine in children with simple Methods: case control institute child mother health, Dhaka from July 2019 June 2020. Children aged ...

Background: Febrile seizures are common during childhood and have a good prognosis, although they cause fear and anxiety in parents. Parent education is an important intervention in febrile seizures. Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the effects of two educational strategies, written information vs. written information plus verbal instruction on knowledge, attitudes, concerns, an...

AIM To study the difference between pyridoxine (PN) and its active form, pyridoxal phosphate, (PLP) in control of idiopathic intractable epilepsy in children. METHODS Among 574 children with active epilepsy, 94 (aged 8 months to 15 years) were diagnosed with idiopathic intractable epilepsy for more than six months. All received intravenous PLP 10 mg/kg, then 10 mg/kg/day in four divided doses...

objective febrile seizure is the most common convulsive disorder in childhood. the role of iron in metabolism of neurotransmitters and carrying oxygen to the brain suggests the possibility of a relationship between iron deficiency anemia and febrile seizures. the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between iron deficiency anemia and febrile seizures. materials & methods this c...

Introduction: Febrile seizures are the most common seizure disorder in childhood and its prevalence is estimated to be 2 to 5 percent. There is a relationship between the use of corticosteroids and seizures. This study investigated the effects of dexamethasone pretreatment on convulsive behavior caused by hyperthermia. Methods: In this study, 24 rats aged 19-20 days were divided into 3 groups (...

Abstract Background Recent studies suggest potential roles of immune response in the pathophysiology epilepsy. Anti-seizure medications (ASMs) are known to have side effects drug eruption caused by responses. A few reports adults demonstrated disappearance seizures after an ASM episode. In this paper, we described 2 cases childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) who showed seizure ethosuximide (ESM) er...

Cerebral arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) are rare in childhood and are generally associated with arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). They may lead to an increase in intracerebral pressure, seizure, hemorrhage, or cardiac decompression. They may be treated with endovascular embolization. Herein we present the radiological findings, before and after endovascular treatment, of a pediatric patient wi...

Introduction Hypersalivation has been associated with Rolandic epilepsy and other childhood syndromes. However, pure salivatory seizures are a rare type of focal seizure in which ictal hypersalivation is the dominant feature throughout seizures. Case presentation We present case originating from right post-central operculum cortex, confirmed by favorable surgical outcome. attempt to analyze sym...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prognosis of seizures in epileptic children and identify early predictors of intractable childhood epilepsy. STUDY DESIGN Case-control study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY The Epilepsy Centre of the Children's Hospital Lahore, from February 2005 to April 2007. PATIENTS AND METHODS All children (aged 1 month to 16 years) with idiopathic or cryptogenic epilepsy who ...

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...