Febrile convulsions are a common form of childhood seizure. It is estimated that between 2 and 5% of children will have a febrile convulsion before the age of 5. It has long been recognized that there is a significant genetic component for susceptibility to this type of seizure. Wallace, Berkovic and co-workers recently reported linkage of a putative autosomal dominant febrile convulsion gene t...

BACKGROUND Febrile convulsion in children is a frightening experience for the mothers. This experience may have unknown aspects, which must be investigated in order to plan better support for the mothers and children. This study is conducted with the aim of exploring the experiences of mothers whose children suffer from febrile convulsion. METHODS This study was based on a qualitative content...

The anticonvulsant activity of Astragalus squarrosus total extract was assessed in pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-induced convulsion in mice, with diazepam as the standard drug, while mechanistic studies were also conducted using flumazenil, a GABA A-benzodiazepine receptor complex site antagonist. The extract produced protection against convulsion at 400 mg/kg, comparable with protection of benzodia...

In 54 patients presenting for electroconvulsive therapy, the concentration of serum potassium was measured before and after the induced convulsion modified with a standard anaesthetic technique of methohexitone and suxamethonium. It was found that there was a statistically significant rise in serum potassium, but that the duration of convulsion had no significant effect on that rise in serum po...

Keen, J. H., and Lee, D. (1973). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 48, 542. Sequelae of neonatal convulsions: study of 112 infants. Of 112 infants who had a convulsion during the first 28 days of life, 105 survived the neonatal period. During follow-up of 83 (80%), 14 were detected as having motor handicap, a further convulsion, or an intelligence assessment below 85. In the 45 infants whose co...

Cranial spiking (CS) is among the most popular slaughtering methods for delaying rigor mortis progress of fish muscles. However, it may cause a convulsion (subsequently referred to as delayed convulsion), which undermines meat quality and taste. This study aimed elucidate mechanism underlying examine its influence on ATP consumption. Ten carps, nine tilapias, ten rainbow trouts, two ayus, three...

The anticonvulsant activity of Astragalus squarrosus total extract was assessed in pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-induced convulsion in mice, with diazepam as the standard drug, while mechanistic studies were also conducted using flumazenil, a GABA A-benzodiazepine receptor complex site antagonist. The extract produced protection against convulsion at 400 mg/kg, comparable with protection of...

IINUMA, K., NARISAWA, K., YAMAUCHI, N., YOSHIDA, T. and MIZUNO, T. Pyridoxine Dependent Convulsion: Effect of Pyridoxine Therapy on Electro encephalograms. Tohoku J. exp. Med., 1971, 105 (1), 19-26 In a 7-month old boy with vitamin B6 dependent convulsion it was found that distribution of energy % of the EEG basic waves as well as an auto-correlogram of EEG remained abnormal 24 hours after an i...

BACKGROUND Epilepsy is a chronic disorder marked by intermittent, often unpredictable seizures which may be embarrassing and disruptive to the normal activity of daily living. This review was undertaken to provide information / data on the prevalence, seizure types, treatment issues and psychosocial impact of epilepsy in Nigeria. METHOD We searched the PUBMED database with emphasis on studies...

objective whatever the health field, compliance with the recommended practice guidelines or parameters for diagnosis by specialists and expert health professionals benefits the patients. this study was conducted to determine the whether or not these guidelines or parameters are applied to the evaluation of children with first simple febrile convulsion (sfc) in a regional teaching hospital. mate...