All issues > Volume 26(11); 1983

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1983;26(11):1102-1110. Published online November 30, 1983.

Clinical Observation of Convulsions in Children.

Sang Chul Park¹, Eun Mi Kim¹, Jae Ock Park¹, Dong Whan Lee¹, Sang Ju Lee¹, Sang Man Shin¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Soon Chun Hyang Medical College, School of Medicine, Korea

Abstract

We have observed clinically about 254 patients of convulsive disorder at the psdiatric department of Soon Chun Hyang Hospital from Jan. 1981 to Dec. 1982. The clinical and statistical results were obtained as follows. 1) The incidence of convulsive disorders among the patients of admission was 9.2%. 2) The most common cause of convulsion was febrile convulsion(34.5%) and the next was epilepsy (18.9%). 3) Convulsion was mo3t frequent in children from 2 years to 6 years (35.6%) of age. 4) In each age group, intracranial hemorrhage was the most common cause of convulsion in newborn from birth to 1 month, febrile convulsion in children from 1 month to 6 months, 6 months to 2 years and 2 years to 6 year3, and epilepsy in children over 6 years of age. 5) Febrile convulsion had the highest incidence in children from 6 months to 2 years of age and epilepsy was most frequent in children from 2 to 6 years of age. 6) The incidence of family history in febrile convulsion was 25.3%, but in epilepsy, 8%, 7) The most common type of convulsion was tonic(64.8%) in febrile convulsion and clonic (54%) in epilepsy. 8) The most common cause of febrile convulsion was pharyngotonsillitis(68.1%), and the next was pneumonia & bronchitis(13.2%), and acute gastroenteritis(8.8%) in order of frequency. A brief review of related literatures was made.

Keywords :Convulsive disorder