Prospective survey for acute encephalopathy among children with prolonged febrile seizures
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- prolonged febrile seizure, acute encephalopathy with biphasic seizures and late reduced diffusion
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000040644
- Lead Sponsor
- Saga University, Faculty of Medicine
- Brief Summary
We conducted a prospective investigation into the occurrence of AESD in children under 2 years of age with febrile status convulsions lasting 40 minutes or longer, and found that 16 (12.8%) of 125 cases had AESD.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 125
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
(1) Patients with severe brain edema or coagulopathy (2) Patients with cerebrospinal leukocytosisof more than 15/micro
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Incidence of AESD among Incidence of AESD among less than 2 year-old children with prolonged febrile seizures (>40min).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Comparison of initial condition between less than 2 year-old children with prolonged febrile seizures (>40min) and those with AESD. Sensitivity and specificity of the AESD predictive score