Childhood febrile seizures (Benin City experience).
About 20% of children admitted during the study period had febrile convulsions, of which 5% were aged below 5 months or above 5 years. The study confirms the view that there is a strong familial predisposition in febrile seizures. Major causes of the rise in temperature in those studied included malaria, which accounted for 32.7%, followed by bronchopneumonia (16.8%), measles (15.4%), otitis media (13.4%) and tonsillitis (10.5%). The morbidity and mortality could be attributable to the socio-cultural background of the community which practices modes of therapy that are often detrimental to the health of patients.
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Department of Paediatrics, Asir Central Hospital, Saudi Arabia.
Ejeheri
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Alakija
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D017677:Age Distribution; D015984:Causality; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D016488:Medicine, African Traditional; D009017:Morbidity; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011446:Prospective Studies; D003294:Seizures, Febrile / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population