[Clinical and paramedical features of epilepsy in children at the Ziguinchor Peace Hospital: a documentation review]. / Aspects cliniques et paracliniques de l´épilepsie de l´enfant à l´Hôpital de la Paix de Ziguinchor: étude documentaire.
Pan Afr Med J
; 37: 387, 2020.
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| ID: mdl-33796200
ABSTRACT
Epilepsy poses a public health problem in Senegal. The purpose of the study was to describe the clinical and paramedical features of epilepsy in children at the Ziguinchor Peace Hospital (ZPH). We conducted a literature review of the medical records of children with epilepsy, from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2018. Patients aged < 15 years followed up for epilepsy at the ZPH were included. Incomplete medical records were excluded. Data from fifty-five (37 boys and 18 girls) children were collected; 70.9% of them were ≤5 years of age. Mean age of patients was 4.3 years. Patients were from rural (60%) and disadvantaged families (67.3%). Seizures were generalized (72.7%) and focal (27.3%). Eighteen patients had idiopathic epilepsy, 17 had non-idiopathic epilepsy. Etiological factors were dominated by abnormalities associated with pregnancy and childbirth (29.1%). Epilepsy is common at the ZPH. It is most common in rural areas among boys under the age of 5 years from disadvantaged families. Generalized tonic-clonic and focal seizures are the most frequent clinical state and abnormalities associated with pregnancy and childbirth are the most commonly found etiologies.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
População Rural
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Epilepsia
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
País como assunto:
Africa
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Fr
Ano de publicação:
2020
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Article