Evaluation of Magnesium Levels in Serum and Cerebrospinal Fluid of Patients with Febrile Convulsion Hospitalized in Bahrami Hospital in Tehran in 2010-2011

Evaluation of magnesium levels in serum and cerebrospinal fluid of patients with febrile convulsion (FC) hospitalized in Bahrami hospital in Tehran in 2010-2011. In the past, decreased levels of magnesium in serum and CSF of patients with FC were reported. The purpose of this study was to identify t...

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Published in:Acta medica Iranica 2015-12, Vol.53 (12), p.778-781
Main Authors: Khosroshahi, Nahid, Ghadirian, Laleh, Kamrani, Kamyar
Format: Article
Language:English
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Cerebrospinal fluid magnesium
Child
Child, Preschool
Children
Cross-Sectional Studies
Febrile convulsion
Female
Fever - complications
Humans
Infant
Iran
Magnesium - blood
Magnesium - cerebrospinal fluid
Male
Seizures, Febrile - blood
Seizures, Febrile - cerebrospinal fluid
Serum magnesium
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Summary:Evaluation of magnesium levels in serum and cerebrospinal fluid of patients with febrile convulsion (FC) hospitalized in Bahrami hospital in Tehran in 2010-2011. In the past, decreased levels of magnesium in serum and CSF of patients with FC were reported. The purpose of this study was to identify the possible role of magnesium in febrile seizures in children. Identifying this condition, we may control seizures and also prevent subsequent convulsion. In this cross-sectional study, inclusion criteria were the existence of convulsion due to fever and exclusion criteria were having a known neurological disease which could induce a seizure, and children younger than one month. In each group (cases include children with febrile convulsion and controls include febrile children without convulsion), Mg was measured in blood, and cerebrospinal fluid of 90 children and then they were compared. The data were analyzed by SPSS (α=0.05). The mean serum and CSF levels of Mg in case and control groups were equal (P
ISSN:0044-6025
1735-9694