TO DETERMINE THE FREQUENCY OF ABNORMAL ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPH IN CHILDREN PRESENTING WITH AFEBRILE SEIZURES

Abstract

Background: Non-febrile or afebrile seizures may indicate epilepsy. Afebrile seizures have many causes. Physicians attempting to determine the cause of an afebrile seizure should obtain more information with the help of detailed clinical history, electroencephalography and neuroimaging. The study is an effort to determine the frequency of abnormal electroencephalograph in children presenting with afebrile seizures

Methodology: This cross sectional study was conducted at Medicine Unit II, Department of Pediatric, Mayo Hospital, Lahore from 8-5-2018 to 8-11-2018. Total 100 children undergo EEG. All EEG were performed and abnormal EEG was labeled. All data was entered is specially designed Performa.

Results: The mean age of the patients was 6.58±3.42 years. There were 56(56%) males and 44(44%) females in our study. The mean duration of first episode was 2.98±0.79. There were 49(49%) patients with abnormal EEG findings while 51(51%) had no abnormal EEG findings. There was no significant association between Abnormal EEG and age groups. There was no significant association between Abnormal EEG and duration of first episode as the p-value was not significant (p-value=0.49).

Conclusion: The frequency of abnormal EEG in children presenting with afebrile seizures was EEG abnormalities were seen in 49% patients.

Keywords: Abnormal electroencephalo graph, children, afebrile seizures