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1 day ago · Seizure can be defined as a sudden change in behavior, characterized by an alteration in sensory perception or motor activity. Seizures are caused by abnormal, excessive, and synchronous electrical firing in groups of neurons. Convulsion refers specifically to the motor manifestations of this abnormal electrical activity. The clinical spectrum ...
2 days ago · However, in children younger than 5 years, vaccine-related seizures typically manifest as a febrile seizure. 27 Although most seizure cases met the febrile seizure definition, there was no statistically significant clustering observed at days 0 to 1. Because febrile seizures can be common in young children for a variety of reasons, the analysis ...
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2 days ago · The study found a total of 72 cases of seizures among these children, the majority of which were febrile seizures (71%). The median time between vaccination and seizure diagnosis was 2 days (range ...
3 days ago · Of those, 14 (23.7%) presented febrile seizures plus (FS +), whereas 3 patients (5%) had generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS+). The onset ranged from 3 to 13 years. In these cases, an ASM polytherapy was frequently necessary, and valproate, topiramate, carbamazepine, lamotrigine, phenytoin, and phenobarbital were generally ...
1 day ago · Epilepsy was diagnosed if patients had at least two unprovoked seizures occurring more than 24 h apart or even one unprovoked seizure with a high probability of further seizures. If the description of seizure semiology of a patient made nonepileptic seizures likely, then the patient was not included. Acute symptomatic seizures were also excluded.
3 days ago · Observation of patients with seizures and epilepsy has been equally important in the study of brain function because the behavioral consequences of these disorders of neural hyperactivity inform clinicians how activation affects the brain regions from which they originate. Temporary disruptions of brain function resulting from abnormal ...
4 days ago · Febrile children compete for the most common non-traumatic paediatric presentation in the Emergency Department (ED), causing concern for parents worldwide. Your mission: to establish if the child is clinically stable and to risk stratify them for serious bacterial infection.
