Neonatal seizures in a rural Iranian district hospital: etiologies, incidence and predicting factors

Current study determined the overall incidence, common causes as well as main predictors of this final diagnosis among neonates admitted to a rural district hospital in Iran. This study was conducted on 699 neonates who were candidate for admission to the NICU. Study population was categorized in th...

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Published in:Acta medica Iranica 2012, Vol.50 (11), p.760-764
Main Authors: Sadeghian, Afsaneh, Damghanian, Maryam, Shariati, Mohammad
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Algorithms
Case-Control Studies
Etiology
Female
Gestational Age
Hospitals, District
Humans
Incidence
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Newborn, Diseases - diagnosis
Infant, Newborn, Diseases - epidemiology
Infant, Newborn, Diseases - etiology
Inpatients
Intensive Care Units, Neonatal
Iran - epidemiology
Logistic Models
Male
Mothers - statistics & numerical data
Neonatal Seizure
Neonate
Prognosis
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Rural Population - statistics & numerical data
Seizures - diagnosis
Seizures - epidemiology
Seizures - etiology
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Summary:Current study determined the overall incidence, common causes as well as main predictors of this final diagnosis among neonates admitted to a rural district hospital in Iran. This study was conducted on 699 neonates who were candidate for admission to the NICU. Study population was categorized in the case group, including patients exposed to final diagnosis of neonatal seizures and the control group without this diagnosis. Neonatal seizure was reported as final diagnosis in 25 (3.6%) of neonates. The most frequent discharge diagnosis in the seizure group was neonatal sepsis and in the non-seizure group was respiratory problems. No significant difference was found in early fatality rate between neonates with and without seizures (8.0% vs. 10.1%). Only gestational age
ISSN:0044-6025
1735-9694
0173-5969