title: Evaluation of benign afebrile convulsions in 16 children with rotavirus gastroenteritis.
abstract: In this study, we aimed to investigate the demographic, clinical, and laboratory findings of the patients hospitalized with rotavirus gastroenteritis-related afebrile seizure, retrospectively. The study population consisted of 16 patients (9 girls and 7 boys) with a mean age of 13.81 ± 5.98 months (age range 6-26). The male/female ratio was 0.77. None of the patients had any psychomotor developmental retardation. Neurological examinations of all the patients were normal. There were 7 patients with generalized tonic (43.75%), 8 generalized tonic-clonic (50%), and 1 focal seizure (6.25%). The duration of the seizures varied at a range of 2-7 min (mean 3.68 ± 1.35 min). The period between the onset of the clinical findings of the rotavirus infection and the occurrence of the seizures was ranged from 12 to 48 h (mean 31.5 ± 12.2 h). The prognosis of the rotavirus gastroenteritis-related afebrile convulsions was generally benign. Rotavirus infection should be taken into consideration in infants with gastroenteritis and afebrile convulsions.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Pediatrics, Beyhekim State Hospital, Konya, Turkey. dralaaddiny@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Alaaddin
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5478-1197
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yorulmaz
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Pediatrics, Beyhekim State Hospital, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sadiye
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sert
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Pediatrics, Beyhekim State Hospital, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fatma Hilal
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012640:Seizures / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
keywords: Afebrile convulsion; Gastroenteritis; Infant; Rotavirus