Journal of Pediatric Neurology and Medicine

Adegoke SA

Publications

• Research Article
  Prevalence, Aetiology and Outcome of Status Epilepticus in Children with Convulsions at the Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesa
  Author(s): Olubosede OA, Oseni SBA, Aladekomo TA, Adegoke SA, Kuti BP, Ogundare OE, Bello EO, Jegede CT and Salau QOOlubosede OA, Oseni SBA, Aladekomo TA, Adegoke SA, Kuti BP, Ogundare OE, Bello EO, Jegede CT and Salau QO
  
  Status epilepticus (SE) in childhood is a life threatening condition with serious risk of neurological sequelae and constitutes a medical emergency. The aim of this study is to provide data on the prevalence, aetiology and outcome of status epilepticus in children at the Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesa, South-West Nigeria. We prospectively studied all the 276 children who were admitted with convulsion over a period of seven months, out of which 39 (14.1%) had status epilepticus. The cause of status epilepticus in 82.1% of the patients was cerebral malaria; other causes were febrile convulsion, meningitis, seizure disorders and head injury. The mortality and morbidity (neurologic sequelae at discharge) in this study were 23.1% and 33.3%, respectively. Mortality and morbidity were significantly higher in children who had status epilepticus compared to those who convulsed but did not have s.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2472-100X.1000116

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