ĐẶC ĐIỂM LÂM SÀNG ĐỘNG KINH Ở TRẺ EM TỪ 2 THÁNG ĐẾN 15 TUỔI TẠI BỆNH VIỆN NHI ĐỒNG CẦN THƠ

Abstract

Background: Epilepsy is a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent seizures, most often occurring in children and it has a special importance due to the high incidence rate, every year in developing countries in particular there are about 1.12 million children infected with the disease and in the world in general there are about 65 million people. The clinical manifestations of epilepsy are diverse and complex, but the consequences of epilepsy have a significant impact on both motor and cognitive aspects for children. Objective: To describe the clinical characteristics of epilepsy in children from 2 months to 15 years old at Can Tho Children's Hospital. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study on 90 patients diagnosed with epilepsy and undergoing epilepsy treatment from May 2023 to May 2024. Results: The main age group with recurrent hospitalization was the group over 6 years old, accounting for 51.1%, with more girls than boys at 55.6%. Most children do not had a family history of epilepsy or slow motor, mental and language development. The age group with the most common seizure onset was the group <6 years old with 66.7%. Children with epilepsy had a frequency of seizures that was sparse, accounting for 77.8%, and most children had a non-motor seizure onset, accounting for 64.4%. Generalized epilepsy accounted for the highest rate at 78.9%. Most of the first seizures were general seizures, accounting for 77.8%; among partial seizures, simple partial seizures accounted for the highest proportion 16.7%. Conclusion: Generalized epilepsy accounted for the majority of the research subjects, the age at which the first seizure begins was mostly under 6 years old, the frequency of seizures was mainly rare and the type of seizure onset in most the child is inactive.