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Serum sodium levels do not predict recurrence of febrile seizures within 24 hours

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2015

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Article

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20469047

DOI

10.1179/2046905514Y.0000000159

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Paediatrics and International Child Health. Vol 35, No.1 (2015), p.44-46

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Maksikharin A., Prommalikit O. Serum sodium levels do not predict recurrence of febrile seizures within 24 hours. Paediatrics and International Child Health. Vol 35, No.1 (2015), p.44-46. doi:10.1179/2046905514Y.0000000159 Retrieved from: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14740/6211

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Serum sodium levels do not predict recurrence of febrile seizures within 24 hours

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Maksikharin A.
 Prommalikit O.

Abstract

Background: Febrile seizures recur within 24 hours in around 16% of children. Some studies have demonstrated a significant correlation between serum sodium levels and recurrent febrile seizures. Aim: To investigate whether the serum sodium level predicts recurrence of febrile seizures within 24 hours.Methods: The study was undertaken in children with febrile seizures in the period from January 2007 to December 2011. Retrospective data collected from medical records included age, gender, family history of febrile seizures, body temperature, duration of recognised fever and serum sodium levels.Results: 315 children were diagnosed with febrile seizures with a mean (SD) age of 21.7 (12.5) months, and 181 (57.5%) were male. Forty-seven episodes of recurrent febrile seizures within 24 hours occurred in 39 children (12.4%). There was no significant difference in mean (SD) serum sodium levels between the 276 patients with single febrile seizures [134.94 (3.09) mmol/L] and those in whom febrile seizures recurred within 24 hours [134.49 (3.24) mmol/L]. A family history of febrile seizures was a significant predictive risk factor of recurrence within 24 hours (P < 0.05).Conclusion: This study demonstrates that serum sodium levels do not predict the recurrence of febrile seizures within 24 hours. © W. S. Maney & Son Ltd 2015.

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Sodium
 Sodium
 Article
 Child
 Disease activity
 Disease association
 Disease marker
 Family history
 Febrile convulsion
 Female
 Human
 Major clinical study
 Male
 Prediction
 Recurrence risk
 Recurrent disease
 Retrospective study
 Risk assessment
 Risk factor
 Sodium blood level
 Blood
 Chemistry
 Evaluation study
 Infant
 Preschool child
 Prognosis
 Recurrent disease
 Seizures, Febrile
 Serum
 Child, Preschool
 Female
 Humans
 Infant
 Male
 Prognosis
 Recurrence
 Retrospective Studies
 Seizures, Febrile
 Serum
 Sodium

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