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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
NameTimeMethod
Incidence of AESD among Incidence of AESD among less than 2 year-old children with prolonged febrile seizures (>40min).
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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
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