ĐẶC ĐIỂM DỊCH TỄ HỌC, LÂM SÀNG, NGUYÊN NHÂN VÀ KẾT QUẢ ĐIỀU TRỊ CO GIẬT DO SỐT Ở TRẺ EM TẠI BỆNH VIỆN NHI ĐỒNG CẦN THƠ

Abstract

Aim: To describe epidemiology, clinical characteristic and cause of febrile seizures in children from 6 months to 5 years old. Subjects and Methods: 222 patients with febrile seizures in department of pediatric from January 2023 to December 2023. A descriptive study, retrospective. Results: The average age of febrile seizures is 27 ± 13,69 months; male children experience the condition at a rate 1,6 times higher than female children; most cases of febrile seizures occur in rural children (62,6%); most cases occur in children between the ages of 39 and < 40°C (58,6%); approximately 66,2% of children experience seizures when their fever lasts for less than six hours; the first 24 hours have an average of 1,37 ± 0,743 hours of seizures; of these, 76,1% only have one seizure; 80,6% of children with generalized convulsions during seizures and 78,8% of children with simple seizures were hospitalized with normal consciousness; 82,4% of children with seizures resulting in post-convulsion fever are aware and normal; With 57,2% of hospital admissions, upper respiratory tract infections are the primary cause of illness. Conclusion: There is a significant risk of convulsions in children with high fevers between the ages of 6 months and 5 years, especially in those under 3 years old. Upper respiratory tract infections are primarily responsible for febrile seizures.