[Demographic characteristics and predisposing factors of febrile seizures in children presenting to hospital No. 1 of Kerman University of Medical Sciences]

ABSTRACT

Febrile convulsion is one of the most common CNS disorders of children for which several predisposing factors have been mentioned.The objcective of this study was to determine predisposing factors and analysis of the demographic characteristics of children with febrile seizures. Patients group consisted of 115 children aged 5-60 months.Control group was 345 healthy children with the same age and sex. According to demographic charactristics, positive correlation between mean weight and family history for febrile seizure; were statistically significant. where as differences between head circumfrence, height, breast feeding, birth APGAR score and multi vitamins and Iran supplement in patients and control group were not statistically significant. We concluded that febrile convulsion was more common among children with higher weight and family history of febrile seizures