Outcome of childhood status epilepticus and lengthy febrile convulsions: findings of national cohort study.

摘要: OBJECTIVE--To study outcome after lengthy febrile convulsions and status epilepticus in children. DESIGN--Population based birth cohort study. SETTING--The child health education (16,004 neonatal survivors born one week April 1970). SUBJECTS--Information available for 14,676 OUTCOME MEASURES--Clinical information tests of intellectual performance at five 10 years birth. RESULTS--19 children had 18 epilepticus. Two with died (one 5 old); neither death was directly due to the Four 19 (21%) developed afebrile seizures compared 14 17 (82%) Measures were 33 35 survivors: 23 normal not but eight them preceding developmental delay or neurological abnormality. CONCLUSION--The is better than reported from studies selected groups seems determined more by underlying cause themselves.