Febrile seizures in children between 6 months and less than 5 years

Abstract Background: A study of the relative prevalence of a common complaint such as febrile seizures, in which a large number of patients are referred to the ambulance department annually. Methods and materials: Data were collected through clinical history, detailed medical examination, and necessary investigations such as CT, lumbar puncture, and others. Results: (URI) was the most common foci of infection causing febrile seizure (60.4%), followed by Gastroenteritis (GE) which was (18.8%), while pneumonia was the least common (2.9%) of all cases, also a weak inverse relationship was observed between the patient's age and the duration of the febrile seizure, where the median duration of the febrile seizure was higher in age (24 months or less) which was 9.1 minutes compared to age (more than 24 months) which was 6.2 minutes, with statistical significant (P=0.0018), and a weak direct relationship was observed between the temperature during convulsion and the duration of the febrile seizure, as the median duration of the febrile seizure was higher at a temperature (more than 39 C), reaching 8.3 minutes, compared to a temperature (38-39 C), which reached 7.8 minutes, without statistical significant (P=0.32).