Benign infantile convulsions with mild gastroenteritis:clinical and prognosis analysis of 248 cases

VernacularTitle:轻度胃肠炎伴婴幼儿良性惊厥248例临床及预后分析
Author: Yuanda ZHANG ; Fang GU ; Huiqing XIE ; Qian HUANG ; Yu ZHANG
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Gastroenteritis; Convulsion; Epilepsy; Infants
From: International Journal of Pediatrics 2014;(5):554-556
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To explore the clinical characteristics and the prognosis of benin convulsions as-sociated with mild gastroenteritis( BICE) in children. Methods To study clinical features of 248 children with BCIE,they followed up for 12 months,and their prognosis were observe. Results Age between 3 months and 3 years,twice or more seizures were occurred on 124 patients. 64 patients suffered the seizures more than 30 mi-nutes. Cranial CT/MRI showed no abnormality. Laboratory examinations were normal, including plasma glu-cose,serum electrolytes and cerebrospinal fluid. Followed up for 12 months,14 patients (5. 6%) suffered from recurrence of BICE,12 patients (4. 8%) suffered from simple febrile seizures,and 8 patients (3. 2%) devel-oped epilepsy. Conclusion The prognosis is good in majority of cases,but some cases may transform febrile seizure or epilepsy. It is more likely to transform epilepsy,when the children suffer from febrile seizure.