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RAZO BLANCO-HERNANDEZ, Dulce Milagros; LIMA-GOMEZ, Virgilio; HERNANDEZ-JUAREZ, Glenda Fabiola  y  QUEZADA-GARCIA, Alma Rosa. Seizures rate in pediatric outpatients at a general hospital in México City. Bol. Med. Hosp. Infant. Mex. [online]. 2008, vol.65, n.3, pp.186-190. ISSN 1665-1146.

Introduction. Seizures are the second most common neurological disease. Objective: To identify the rate and type of seizures in pediatric outpatients of a general hospital. Methods. Patients with a clinical diagnosis of seizures attend-ing the outpatients Pediatrics clinic were enrolled in this one-month study. Rate ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated. Distributions of seizure type according to gender and age were calculated. Results. The rate ratio found was 11.5% (n =382, 95% CI 8.31-14.69); the most common seizure type was generalized tonic-clonic seizure 5.5% (47% of total seizures, n =44); seizure frequency did not show any statistical difference among age-group (P =0.483). Febrile seizures represented only 0.8% (6.8% of total seizures, n =44). Conclusions. The seizure rate observed was higher than the expected rate. The febrile seizure rate was lower than those reported in previous works.

Palabras llave : Convulsions; pediatric seizures; prevalence; rate; seizures.

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