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Objective:To understand the clinical features and risk factors of the first seizures in children with febrile seizures, to guide clinicians to take appropriate intervention measures for children with risk factors, and to reduce the incidence of febrile seizures.Methods:A total of 616 children with first-onset febrile seizures admitted in our hospital from August 2016 to August 2018 were enrolled in this study.The clinical characteristics and risk factors of first-onset seizures were retrospectively analyzed.And 601 children with fever but no seizures were randomly selected as the control group.Results:There were 616 children with febrile seizures, including 344 males and 272 females, 584 Hans and 32 Mongolian.A total of 126 cases (20.5%) were under 1 year old, 405 cases (65.8%) were 1-3 years old, and 85 cases(13.7%) were over 3 years old.The upper third of the episodes were acute upper respiratory tract infections[53.6%(330/616)], herpetic angina[25.9% (160/616)], and infant acute rash[10.5%(65/616)]. There were 570 cases(92.5%) with seizures at 38.0 ℃ and above, 16 cases(2.6%)had fever after seizures.A total of 534 cases(86.7%) had seizures within 24 hours of fever, and 608 cases(98.7%) presented with a generalized seizures.The duration of seizures was less than 5 min in 548 cases (89.0%), 5-14 min in 48 cases (7.8%), 15-29 min in 16 cases (2.6%) and more than 30 min in 4 cases (0.4%). Of the 572 patients (92.9%), only one seizure occurred in a single heat stroke.In the clinical type, simple febrile seizures accounted for 88.3%(544/616), complex febrile seizures accounted for 11.0%(68/616), and seizures persisted in 0.7%(4/616). Risk factors analysis showed that age, low sodium, low iron and low zinc, cesarean section, abnormal birth history, vaccine exposure history one week before convulsion, and family history of febrile seizures were statistically different between the febrile seizure group and the control group( P<0.05). Logistic regression analysis found that the age of first febrile seizures, low iron, cesarean section, low sodium and family history of febrile seizures were the independent risk factors for the first episode of febrile seizures ( P<0.05). Conclusion:The first episode of febrile seizures are more common in infants and young children under 3 years old.It is mainly caused by simple febrile seizures.The temperature of seizures is high and it is easy to occur within 24 hours after fever.Viral infection is the most common cause.The risk factors for the first episode of febrile seizures are episode age, low iron, cesarean section, low sodium and family history of febrile seizures.Taking appropriate interventions for risk factors can reduce the incidence of febrile seizures.
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Febrile seizure (FS) is the most common type of seizures in infants, toddler, and preschool children. Inlfamma-tory mediators as triggers of fever are considered to be involved in the occurrence of such seizures. There is evidence that FS is accompanied by inlfammation. The potential role of inlfammatory mediators in the development of epilepsy after long term FS has not been fully determined. In this article the inlfammatory reaction, febrile convulsion, and the occurrence of secondary epi-lepsy will be reviewed. The progress in research of the interaction among them at home and abroad will be explored.
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Procalcitonin (PCT), a precursor of hormone calcitonin, is used as an indicator of bacterial infections in recent years. PCT plays an important role in early identiifcation of pathogens, evaluation of the severity of infection, medication guidance and prognosis judgment in children with community acquired pneumonia.