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Seizure Incidence among Children Hospitalized with COVID-19 during the Omicron Wave

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  • معلومة اضافية
    • بيانات النشر:
      Korean Child Neurology Society, 2024.
    • الموضوع:
      2024
    • Collection:
      LCC:Internal medicine
      LCC:Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
      LCC:Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      Purpose Since late 2019, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has rapidly spread worldwide. Some children with COVID-19 present with seizures; in particular, studies have reported an increase in seizure episodes during the Omicron wave of the pandemic. This study was performed to describe the clinical characteristics of seizures among children hospitalized with COVID-19 before and during the Omicron wave. Methods A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted on all pediatric admissions for COVID-19 at Hospital Tunku Azizah from June 2021 to May 2022. Results During this period, 1,586 children were admitted with COVID-19, of whom 111 (7.0%) experienced seizures. Patients with seizures were more likely to have a history of seizure (odds ratio [OR], 71.4; 95% confidence interval [CI], 23.7 to 215.2; P
    • File Description:
      electronic resource
    • ISSN:
      2635-909X
      2635-9103
    • Relation:
      http://annchildneurol.org/upload/pdf/acn-2024-00535.pdf; https://doaj.org/toc/2635-909X; https://doaj.org/toc/2635-9103
    • الرقم المعرف:
      10.26815/acn.2024.00535
    • الرقم المعرف:
      edsdoj.0d1c2971229d4d5d919308bd461d6923