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Showing 3 results for Febrile Convulsion
Ahmad Talebian, Mah Afarin Salehian, Zohre Sadat,
Volume 6, Issue 4 (1-2003)
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Background: Due to the relatively high prevalence of febrile convulsion and considering the possibility or recurrence in case of not preventing and also with respect to the problems occurred during the treatment with Phenobarbital, the present study was conducted on children referring to Shaheed Beheshti hospital in Kashan to draw a more appropriate approach to the treatment of febrile convulsion with better outcomes and less side effects. Materials and Methods: 100 children with febrile convulsion were enrolled for this clinical trial. Children were assigned in two groups. In the case group diazepam was administered at a dosage of 0.8 mg/kg/d in three divided doses at the time of fever. The control group was received oral Phenobarbital at the dosage of 5 mg/kg/d. children were followed for recurrence of febrile convulsion at two months interval for 6 months. Results: The study population included 61 boys and 31 girls. The recurrence rate was 6% and 14% in the case and control group, respectively (NS). Conclusion: Since diazepam offers a more effective prevention of recurrence of febrile convulsion while posing less side effects, it seems to be more appropriate for prevention of febrile convulsion.
Ahmad Talebia, Ali Honarpisheh, Saeid Mohajeri, Mohsen Taghddosi,
Volume 7, Issue 2 (7-2003)
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Background : Febrile convulsion is a common problem that leads to a large number of hospitalizations. The present study was conducted to determine the risk factors for febrile convulsion in infants hospitalized in Shahid Beheshti hospital in Kshan in 2001. Materials and Methods : For this case-control study 180 children were selected. Children were distributed in two groups of febrile convulsion (60 children) and febrile children without convulsion (120 children), then risk factors were studied between the groups. Initial data including age, sex, familial history of febrile convulsion, epilepsy, developmental delay, and prenatal problems were all collected and analyzed using Fisher's exact test. Results : The study population included 108 (60%) boys and 72 (40%) girls, aged between 6 months and 5 years. Febrile convulsion was more frequent among children under 3 years old (78%) and boys (60%) as well. The most common risk factors were familial history of febrile convulsion (55%), prenatal problems (28%), familial history of epilepsy (10%), and developmental delay (5%). Conclusion : Children aged less than 3 years are at high risk to develop convulsion during their upper respiratory tract viral infection in case of a positive familial history of febrile convulsion. Thus, prophylaxis with diazepam is highly recommended in case of fever of ≥38 ْ C. Familial history of febrile convulsion, prenatal problems, familial history of epilepsy, and developmental delay are associated with greater risk of febrile convulsion.
Ahmad Talebian, Ali Honarpisheh, Behzad Barekatain, Mohsen Taghadosi, Sayed Gholam Abbas Mousavi,
Volume 13, Issue 1 (4-2009)
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Background: Febrile convulsion is the most common neurological disorder in children below the age of 6. Considering the important role of mothers to control the disease, the present study was carried out to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of mothers of children with febrile convulsion at Kashan, during 2006-2007. Materials and Methods: Using a cross-sectional design this study was carried out on 106 mothers of children with febrile convulsion (classicified into two groups based on receiving/not receiving the educational program) at Kashan during 2006-2007. The educated group consisted of 34 cases. The questionnaire consisted of 49 questions: 18 questions on identity 7 questions on knowledge 16 questions on attitude and 8 questions on practice. Statistical analyses were done using descriptive indices, Fisher-exact and Chi-square tests. Results: 32 cases (30/2%) had poor, 44 (41/5%) moderate and 30 (28/3%) good knowledge. Among the educated mothers 11 cases (32.3%) had good, 19 cases (55.9%) moderate and 4 cases (11.8%) poor knowledge, while in uneducated mothers 19 cases (26.4%) had good, 25 cases (34.7%) moderate and 28 cases (38.9%) poor knowledge (p<0.05). Twenty-four cases (22/6%) had poor, 45 cases (42/5%) moderate and 37 cases (34/9%) good attitude. In the educated mothers 15 (44.1%) had good attitude, 6 (47.1%) had moderate attitude and 3 (8.8%) had poor attitude, while in uneducated mothers 22 (30.5%) had good attitude, 29 (40.3%) had moderate attitude and 21 (29.2%) had poor attitude (p>0.05). Sixty-four cases (60/4%) had poor, 29 cases (27/4%) moderate and 13 cases (38/8%) good practice. In the educated mothers 7 cases (20.6%) had good, 14 cases (41.2%) and 13 cases (38.8%) poor practices, while in uneducated mothers 6 cases (8.4%) had good practices, 15 cases (20.8%) moderate practices and 51cases (70.8%) poor practices (p<0.05). Conclusion: Considering the first line role of mothers in treatment, improving their knowledge, attitude and practice through providing educational pamphlets to help the children with febrile convulsion is considered vital.
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