objective to determine the role of ketogenic diet in the treatment of intractable epilepsy in children. materials & methods sixty six consecutive children (1-16 years old) with intractable epilepsy whose seizure were not neurodegenerative nor febrile in origin were recruited. they received the ketogenic diet and we evaluated its effect on seizure frequency for 3 months. all these children had m...

Background: One of the common side effects of gastroenteritis in children is seizure, which is one of the causes of fever, electrolyte disturbances, and meningitis. This study was aimed to investigate the determinant factors in seizure in children with gastroenteritis and seizure admitted in Tabriz Children's Hospital from 2001 to 2016. Materials and Methods: This is a descriptive study. The st...

Background: Serum prolactin level has been used as an alternative determinant to help differentiate epileptic from non-epileptic seizures. We aimed to analyze the association between serum prolactin concentration and epileptic seizure versus febrile seizure as well as seizure duration, single versus multiple seizure attacks and time lapse between seizure onset and blood sampling. Methods: Seven...

To see which medical specialties usually manage seizure disorders in infants and children, a random survey was done among 105 such patients referred. These patients were most frequently seen by a pediatrician (n= 44, 4 1.9%), general practitioner (n=34, 32.4%), and hospital house staff of general and pediatric emergency rooms (n= 2, 19%) in the area surveyed. A correct diagnosis of seizure ...

Subclinical seizures (SCS) have rarely been considered in the diagnosis and therapy of epilepsy and have not been systematically analyzed in studies on seizure prediction. Here, we investigate whether predictions of subclinical seizures are feasible and how their occurrence may affect the performance of prediction algorithms. Using the European database of long-term recordings of surface and in...

background and objective: some neurologic complications may be detected after renal transplantation in children including tremor, peripheral neuropathy, altered level of consciousness and seizure. the aim of our study was to detect the prevalence of seizure after renal transplantation and its risk factors in pediatric age groups. methods: in this descriptive study, 102 patients 5-14 year old in...

background: lennox-gastaut syndrome (lgs) is an epileptic encephalopathy, characterized by drug-resistant multiple seizure types. the aim of this study was to determine if the adjunctive use of electroconvulsive therapy (ect) in patients with lgs and drug-resistant epilepsy is efficacious in decreasing their seizure frequency and also to investigate its safety and tolerability.   methods: this ...

introduction: seizure is the most common pediatric neurology problem that occurs in 10% of children. the purpose of this study was to determine the recurrence rate of seizures after one year and its relationship with paraclinical findings of the first attack. methods : in a historical cohort analytic study , 131 children with first seizure admitted to shaheed sadoughi hospital between march 200...