INCIDENCE OF FEBRILE SEIZURE IN CHILDREN  INTOBRUK MEDICAL CENTER/LIBYA 2018

Ghamela Ali Ghamela Ali; Fathy Abdolmejed Fathy Abdolmejed

Ghamela Ali Pediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tobruk University, Libya
Fathy Abdolmejed Ophthalmology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tobruk University, Libya.

Abstract

This study, aimed to analyze the incidence of Febrile Seizures in children aged 6 months up to 5 years, in Tobruk Medical Center over the period from January to December 2018 and to assess the relation between Febrile Seizures (FS) and age, Genderandthe presence of family history of FS in the involved patients. Total admission was 2999 after excluding of the admissions in NICU. 1718 patients were between age 6months and 60 months, 171(5.7%) fulfilled the criteria for febrile seizures.105were males( 61.4%) and 66 were females(38.6%) representing ratio of 1.6:1male:female. 155 (90.6%) were withsimple Febrile seizure, 16 (9.4%) with complex FS.128(74.9%)were with no family history of FS, 38 (22.2%)with positive family history of FS and 5 patients files were not decomented for family history. Median age was 21.6 months (1.9 year).144 (84.2%) cases were due to Upper respiratory tract infection ,13 (7.6%) due to Gastroenteritis and 14 (8.2%) were due to other causes (as Urinary tract infection, leg-cellulitis or Bronchopneumonia). Conclusion:This study determined the incidence of FS using statistic data for patients, the incidence was comparable to that reported for other studies,benign conditions, such as upper respiratory tract infections, are common causes of FS.

Keywords: Seizures, Febrile, Incidence, Recurrence, Tobruk medical center, Libya

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