The Clinical, Etiological, and Demographic Profile of Children Aged 1 to 14 Years with Seizures Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in Gwalior District, India: A Cross-Sectional Study

Purpose: The clinical profile of seizures among children exhibits ethnic and geographical variations. The objective of this study was to examine the clinical, etiological, and demographic profiles of childhood seizures.Methods: This was a hospital-based, cross-sectional study. Data were collected on...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of child neurology 2024, 32(2), , pp.92-98
Hauptverfasser: Mani, Vasudevan, Das, Ghanshyam, Gupta, Arvind, Gaur, Ajay, Shukla, Durgesh
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Zusammenfassung:Purpose: The clinical profile of seizures among children exhibits ethnic and geographical variations. The objective of this study was to examine the clinical, etiological, and demographic profiles of childhood seizures.Methods: This was a hospital-based, cross-sectional study. Data were collected on the socio-demographic profile, details of the clinical presentation of seizure episodes, past history of meningitis, and neuroimaging (i.e., computed tomography [CT] scans), as well as the history of risk factors. Numbers, percentages, the chi-square test, and the Fisher exact test statistic were calculated. A P value of
ISSN:2635-909X
2635-9103
DOI:10.26815/acn.2023.00346