A Study of Cardiac Arrhythmia and ECG Changes in Children With Convulsions at Sohag University Hospital

• Conditions: Convulsions

• Registration Number: NCT05322772
• Lead Sponsor: Sohag University

Brief Summary

Convulsion is a common pediatric disorder and there is strong relation between convulsion and cardiovascular system which revealed by ECG monitoring and there are many ECG abnormalities attributed to different causes of convulsions, A 12-lead ECG is a low-cost test and can detect clinically significant abnormalities such as long QTc interval or heart block. Doing an ECG in all patients presenting with seizures clinic, inevitably, pick up non-specific abnormalities which require further investigation. Moreover, a normal 12-lead ECG does not exclude a cardiovascular cause for collapse and for those in whom a cardiac cause is still suspected despite a normal ECG, referral to a cardiologist is advisable

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-03-28
• Status Verified: 2022-04
• Study Start: 2022-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-04-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-04-11
• Study First Posted: 2022-04-12
• Last Update Posted: 2022-04-12
• Primary Completion: 2023-04
• Study Completion: 2023-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• All children aged from 1month to 18 years presenting to the Pediatric Emergency with convulsions will be included.

Exclusion Criteria

• Children not filling the criteria of convulsions (like conditions mimic epilepsy)
• Children with known cardiac disease or cardiac arrhythmia and patients who will not give consent will be excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
heart rate	one year	normal values according to age and sex.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
PR interval	one year	normal values according to age and sex.