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Volume 7 Issue 3 (March, 2019)

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Assessment of cases of pediatric epilepsy
Paritosh Gupta

Background: Seizures are defined as a transient occurrence of signs and symptoms due to the abnormal, excessive, or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain characterized by abrupt and involuntary skeletal muscles activity. The present study assessed case of epilepsy in children. Materials & Methods: The present study was conducted on 82 children age ranged 4- 16 years of both genders. All children were confirmed cases of epilepsy. A through clinical examination was done. Patients were subjected to EEG, CT scan and MRI. Their findings were recorded. Results: Out of 82 patients, boys were 52 and girls were 30. Common clinical findings was fever in 48, cough in 30, vomiting in 15, lethargy in 40, altered sensorium in 19 and ear discharge in 22. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). Common type was tonic seen in 30, clonic in 12, myoclonic in 10, absence in 15, atonic in 6, simple partial in 5 and complex partial in 4. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). Conclusion: Authors found that most common seizure was tonic, clonic and myoclonic. Careful evaluation of cases is required. Key words: Epilepsy, Seizures, Tonic

 
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