A five-year-old girl was admitted to Hammer-smith Hospital with a diagnosis of a perforated appendix. Her mother stated that she had complained of pain in the R.I.F. for 12 hours prior to admission, that during that time she had vomited periodically and was "breathing very fast." The pain had become severe in the evening and she was brought up to the Casualty Department. Physical examination re...

The causes of febrile convulsions are usually benign. Such convulsions are common in children and their long-term consequences are rare. However, other causes of seizures, such as intracranial infections, must be excluded before diagnosis, especially in infants and younger children. Diagnosis is based mainly on history taking, and further investigations into the condition are not generally need...

objective: the aim of our study was to find the relationship of mpv (mean platelet volume) levels and platelet counts as markers of inflammation between simple and complex febrile seizures. methods: in this retrospective comparative study, we investigated the recordings of 356 children between 5 months and 6 years with diagnosis of simple and complex febrile seizure (sfs&cfs;) between march 201...

convulsion is one of the most common problems in children and hypocalcemia is one the most frequent etiological items in children’s convulsion. corrected qt (qtc) in ekg is prolonged in hypocalcemia, so it can be a useful tool for evaluation of serum ionized calcium. in three groups (first seizure, multiple seizures, without seizure or control ) every 25 cases, qtc, serum ionized ca, total ca, ...

how to cite this article: inaloo s, katibeh p. an epidemiologic study of 389 children with epilepsy in southern iran.iranian journal of child neurology2011;5(4):15-20 objective approximately 4% of the world's population experience one or more febrile seizures during their lifetime, and 0.5-1% of the population has active epilepsy.less than one-third of the reported seizures are categorized as e...

BACKGROUND The epidemiology of human parechovirus (HPeV) in Asia remains obscure. We elucidated the prevalence, seasonality, type distribution and clinical presentation of HPeV among children in Hong Kong. METHODS A 24-month prospective study to detect HPeV in children ≤36 months hospitalized for acute viral illnesses. RESULTS 2.3% of the 3911 children examined had HPeV infection, with most...