Siddiqui Hina Batool, Haider Nighat, Khan Zarmast
FCPS Trainee at Polyclinic, Post-graduate Medical Institute, Pakistan.
Consultant Pediatrician, Shifa International Hospital, Pakistan.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2017 Jul;67(7):1054-1058.
To determine the frequency of acute bacterial meningitis in children with first episode of febrile seizures.
This cross-sectional study was conducted at the Polyclinic, Postgraduate Medical Institute, Islamabad, Pakistan, from December 2012 to August 2013, and comprised patients with first episode of fever and seizure. SPSS 10 was used for data analysis.
Of the157 patients, 12(7.6%) were diagnosed to have acute bacterial meningitis with 5(41.6%) in the age group of 6-12 months, 4(33.3%) in 13-18 months and 3(25%) in the age group of 19-60 months.
Clinicians evaluating children after a febrile seizure should direct their attention toward identifying the cause of the child's fever.
确定首次热性惊厥儿童中急性细菌性脑膜炎的发生率。
本横断面研究于2012年12月至2013年8月在巴基斯坦伊斯兰堡研究生医学研究所的综合诊所进行,纳入首次发热伴惊厥的患者。使用SPSS 10进行数据分析。
157例患者中,12例(7.6%)被诊断为急性细菌性脑膜炎,其中6 - 12个月龄组5例(41.6%),13 - 18个月龄组4例(33.3%),19 - 60个月龄组3例(25%)。
对热性惊厥儿童进行评估的临床医生应将注意力集中于确定儿童发热的原因。