To assess the role of routine investigations in children presenting with their first febrile convulsion, the results of investigations carried out in 328 children over a 2-year period were reviewed. Lumber puncture was performed in 96% of cases and resulted in the detection of 4 cases of unsuspected meningitis, one of which was bacterial. 2 children had normal lumbar punctures on admission but ...

Although many reports indicate side effects of hydralazine (HP) in clinical use, such as arteritis and systemic lupus erythematosus (l-31, no report on central nervous system toxicity has appeared. On the other hand, it is well established that isoniazid (INH) causes convulsion or seizure in experimental animals at high doses, which may be attributed to the decrease in gamma-aminobutyric acid (...

background and objectives: febrile convulsion (fc) is the most common seizure disorder in childhood period. some studies have suggested association between seasons and occurrence of fc. this study was designed to determine demographic features, causes and seasonal variations in cases with fc. method: in this descriptive, cross sectional study, 282 children 6- 60 months with fc were admitted to ...

objective this survey evaluates the necessity of biochemical and imaging findings for patients with initial diagnosis of febrile convulsion, and also aims at determining the degree to which results of paraclinical examinations delineate management of patients. materials & methods data of 302 patients referred to mofid children hospital during two years (2005-2006) for febrile convulsions (fc), ...

Febrile convulsion (FC) is the most common type of seizure in childhood that occurs in 2-5 % of the children younger than 6 years. Interleukin 1β (IL-1β) is a cytokine that contributes to febrile inflammatory responses. There are conflicting results on increasing this cytokine in serum during FC. Thus we measured IL-1ß in febrile children with or without seizure. 60 febrile children (6 months t...

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 ...