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DEMOGRAPHY AND RISK FACTORS OF RECURRENCE OF FEBRILE CONVULSION IN CHILDREN FROM NORTH-EASTERN PART OF LIBYA

Nuri m.Shembesh and Aziza Ezzidin

Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Garuonis University, Benghazi, Libya

This study was conducted retrospectively in Elfateh-Children's Hospital Benghazi, in the period from 1.1.2000 to 1.12.2000.

IT include 99 patients, 61 (61.6%) were males and 38 (38.40%) were females, male to females ratio was 1.6:1, the most common age group presented with febrile convulsion was between 6-12 months, the commonest cause of fever was upper respiratory -tract infections

In 70 (70.7%) of the patients, most of the admissions were during wintertime (38.4%) and the mean duration of admissions were 1-2 days in 67 (67.6%) of the patients.

The simple febrile convulsion was recorded in 81 (81.9%) where 18 (18.1%) only presented with complex febrile convulsion.

The recurrence of febrile convulsion was recorded in 23 (23.4%) of our patients.

The main risk factor of recurrence were the family history of febrile convulsion and family history of epilepsy (p< 0.05), while the age, sex, temperature at admission and type of convulsion were not associated with risk of recurrence (p>0.05).