Analysis of 2 957 cases of children with convulsion in emergency / 中国小儿急救医学

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Objective:To summarize the classification of etiology, age of onset, prognosis of children with convulsion, so as to provide experience guidance for clinicians engaged in pediatric emergency department.Methods:The clinical data of children with convulsions received in the emergency department of Children′s Hospital Affiliated to Kunming Medical University from January 2015 to December 2018 were analyzed retrospectively.Results:During the four-year period, 2 957 children with convulsion were received in the emergency department, accounting for 22.20% of the total number of critically ill children in the observation room of the emergency department, and the ratio of male to female was 1.7∶1.The etiological diagnosis of convulsion in emergency are as follows febrile convulsion(733 cases, 24.79%), central nervous system infection(477 cases, 16.13%), unexplained convulsion(476 cases, 16.09%), epilepsy(371 cases, 12.55%), benign infantile convulsions with mild gastroenteritis(240 cases, 8.12%). The age of onset 8.25% were in neonatal period, 33.99% were in infant, 34.87% were in toddler′s age, 12.17% were in preschool age, 7.88% were in school age and 2.84% were in adolescence.Destination statistics 72.00% were admitted to hospital for further treatment, 13.29% were transferred to neurology clinic, 7.85% to pediatric clinic, 1.66% to rehabilitation clinic, and 0.17% died.Inpatient department 43.64% were admitted to department of neurology, 17.52% to pediatric intensive care unit, 13.71% to department of neonatology, 12.64% to department of gastroenterology and 2.72% to department of rehabilitation.Conclusion:Febrile convulsion is the main cause of convulsion in children who were received emergency treatment in our hospital.Most of the convulsion cases are from birth to preschool age, and the prognosis is good after active treatment.