Abstract

CASTANO-CASTRILLON, José Jaime et al. Characterization of patients with epilepsy treated in a children's hospital in Manizales 2013-2014. CES Med. [online]. 2016, vol.30, n.2, pp.139-147. ISSN 0120-8705.

Abstract Objective:To characterize the diagnosed with epilepsy population at the "Hospital Infantil Universitario Rafael Henao Toro", in the city of Manizales (Colombia) from the behavior of the disease, risk factors, treatment and demographic characteristics. Methods: Cross-sectional study of the population referred to and performed by reviewing medical records. Results: of 172 patients, 51,2% were male gender; focal seizures were the most frequent with 59.1%; the most common comorbidity was delayed psychomotor development (30.9%), although if is consider the association with other diseases the figure is 57.9%; the most commonly monotherapy used was Valproic Acid (39.8%). Childhood epilepsy was associated with maternal hypertensive disorders in 8,7%; 21.7% had hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy; 24.1% had a family history of epilepsy; in 15.1 % of cases was underweight and 16.7% of short stature at birth. Conclusion: The findings of this research, in general, agree with those reported in other studies in similar populations.

Keywords : Epilepsy; Brain hypoxia-ischemia; Anticonvulsants; Comorbidity; Risk factors.

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