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ArticleCureus2022

Hospital-Based Prevalence, Electroencephalogram (EEG), and Neuroimaging Correlation in Seizures Among Children in Odisha, India.

Swarnalata Das, Pragyan Paramita, Natabar Swain, Riya Roy, Santwana Padhi, Soumini Rath, Sanjukta Mishra, Nirmal K Mohakud

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Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Swarnalata DasPediatrics, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneshwar, IND.
Pragyan ParamitaPediatrics, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, IND.
Natabar SwainPediatrics, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneshwar, IND.
Riya RoyBioinnovation, Technology Business Incubator, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, IND.
Santwana PadhiTechnology Business Incubator, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, IND.
Soumini RathNeonatology, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, IND.
Sanjukta MishraBiochemistry, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, IND.
Nirmal K MohakudPediatric Medicine, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, IND.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar · INKIIT University · IN

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Abstract

backgroundFebrile seizures are very common in pediatric practice. We need to differentiate between febrile seizures and other seizures due to central nervous system (CNS) infection by various means of investigation. Though approximately 30% of patients with febrile seizure have later epilepsy and the risk is around 20% even if electroencephalogram (EEG), and neuro-imagings are normal. But data regarding this is laking in developing countries like India.

aimThe primary objective of this study is to determine the hospital-based prevalence among various types and etiologies of seizures in children admitted to the pediatric department in a teaching hospital of a developing country, India. Besides, the different types of seizures were correlated with the EEG and neuroimaging findings along with the acute onset of seizures among children.

methodsIn this prospective observational study, children from two months to 15 years of age admitted to the Pediatrics Department, KIMS, Bhubaneswar in India between September 2017 and September 2019 were taken. The patients having seizures were included in the study based on the inclusion criteria. Neurological and systemic examinations of the children were recorded and the neuroimaging reports were analyzed.

resultsA total of 19,553 patients aged two months to 15 years were admitted during the study period. Of that, 1,192 cases were diagnosed with febrile and unprovoked seizures. It was observed that the hospital-based prevalence of seizures among children in Odisha was 6%. Besides, it is found that generalized seizure disorder was the most common among the children. It was found that abnormal EEG, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and computed tomography (CT) brain in 60% (202/340), 49% (113/230), and 47% (136/288) of cases, respectively. MRI is a better modality of investigation in partial seizure cases 22 (64%) to detect CNS abnormality. Also, MRI of the brain is better in evaluating CNS abnormality in complex febrile cases 4 (31%) than CT brain (0%).

conclusionThe study concluded that EEG must be the standard modality of test for patients' diagnosis of seizure in children with seizures. CT/MRI scan can give a better supplement to the results but MRI findings are more accurate in cases of complex febrile seizures.

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