تشنج ناشي از تب در كودكان 6 ماهه تا 6 ساله و بررسي اوتيت حاد مياني در آنان (در بخش اطفال بيمارستان قائم (عج))

Acute Otitis Media in Children With Febrile Convulsion

Ashrafzadeh F, Hashemezadeh A

* Associste professor U M S

Malek A

Resident B

Abstract:

Objective: The aim of this study was prevalence of acute otitis media in children (6mo-6yr.) with febrile convulsion admitted to the Pediatric Ward of Hospital, 2001-2002 (Khordad 1380-81).

Method: Fifty children (6mo-6yr.) with febrile convulsion were admitted to the Pediatric Ward of Ghaem Hospital between the 15^thof khordad 1380 to the 15^thof Khordad 1381 . All of them were examined within the first six hours of admission . A questionnaire was filled for each child.

Results: The patientُ s mean age was 27.59 months (range 6.5mo-5yr.) 35 patients were male, and 15 were female. Fifty-four percent of all patients had simple and 46% had complex febrile convulsions . The most common disease was acute otitis media (36%) followed by upper respiratory tract infections(34%), and gastroenteritis(30%) .

Association of acute otitis media with febrile convulsion in males was more in females(88.9%,vs 11.1% , P=0.029)

There was not significant statistical relation between acute otitis media and febrile type convulsions (simple-complex) (P=0.87).

Key words: Febrile Convulsion, Acute Otitis Media, Children