ASSOCIATION BETWEEN IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA AND FEBRILE SEIZURES
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Nov 26, 2016
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Iron deficiency anemia, Febrile seizures
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Abstract
Objective: To find out the association between iron deficiency anemia and
the frequency of first febrile seizure.
Methodology: It was a comparative study conducted at Pediatric Medicine,
Kuwait Teaching Hospital Peshawar and Hayatabad Medical Complex Peshawar
from January 2015 to December 2015 in which a total of 160 patients
were observed by taking 80 participants each in group A and group B respectively.
Children in Group A were having febrile seizures while those in Group B
were febrile but not having seizures.
Results: The mean age of group A was 25±1.28 months while that of group B
was 24±1.26 months. Frequency of Iron deficiency in group A was 38% while
that in group B was 20% with a p value of 0.003.
Conclusion: Febrile seizures were twice as common in children having iron
deficiency anemia as compared to those who did not have iron deficiency
anemia.
the frequency of first febrile seizure.
Methodology: It was a comparative study conducted at Pediatric Medicine,
Kuwait Teaching Hospital Peshawar and Hayatabad Medical Complex Peshawar
from January 2015 to December 2015 in which a total of 160 patients
were observed by taking 80 participants each in group A and group B respectively.
Children in Group A were having febrile seizures while those in Group B
were febrile but not having seizures.
Results: The mean age of group A was 25±1.28 months while that of group B
was 24±1.26 months. Frequency of Iron deficiency in group A was 38% while
that in group B was 20% with a p value of 0.003.
Conclusion: Febrile seizures were twice as common in children having iron
deficiency anemia as compared to those who did not have iron deficiency
anemia.
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Khan SA, Salahuddin A, Ali Noman M. ASSOCIATION BETWEEN IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA AND FEBRILE SEIZURES. J Postgrad Med Inst [Internet]. 2016 Nov. 26 [cited 2024 Apr. 16];30(4). Available from: https://www.jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/1948
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