Introduction: Convulsions are the commonest neurological emergencies in preschool children. The outcome of convulsions in this age group is determined by the cause and the treatment-seeking behavior of their caregivers. Objective: To determine the treatment-seeking behavior of caregivers of preschool children with a history of convulsion. Method: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducte...

INTRODUCTION Some studies showed that magnesium has anticonvulsive effect in some animal models. Despite of the availability of well-studied anticonvulsant drugs, this evaluation was not carried on new kind of magnesium supplement, magnesium oxide nanoparticles (nMgO). According to the association between magnesium and convulsion and high prevalence of seizure and epilepsy in diabetics, this st...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the study the comparison effect of propranolol, caffeine and diazepam on lidocaine-induced convulsions in mice. The study was done in 4 groups (5 mice in each group). Lidocaine was administrated at dose 30 mg/kg intraperitoneally (IP) in group 1. Diazepam was injected at dose 2 mg/kg-IP 15 min before lidocaine in group 2. Propranolol was injected at dos...