To evaluate for Zinc deficiency in seizures during high grade fever.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: G408- Other epilepsy and recurrent seizures
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/03/032252
- Lead Sponsor
- KMC Manipal
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Case group : Children with history of fever more than or equal to 38 degree celsius and history of convulsions within last 24 hours.
Control group 1 : Children with history of fever more than or equal to 38 degree celsius and no history of seizures in the present or in the past.
Control group 2 : Aferbile Children with normal nutritional status admitted for elective surgical intervention without any comorbidities.
Exclusion Criteria
Children on zinc supplementation, diarrhea,pneumonia,neurological deficits,developmental delay or cerebral palsy,chronic illness,documented intracranial infections,epilepsy or metabolic seizures.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Establish the relationship between serum zinc and febrile seizures.Timepoint: 2 years
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Establish relationship between zinc deficiency, malnutrition and anemia. <br/ ><br>frequency of recurrence of febrile seizures.Timepoint: 2 years