Predictors of Recurrent Febrile Seizures in Iranian Children

Article history: Received: 14 May 2012 Accepted: 13 June 2012 Available online: 15 Jan 2013 ZJRMS 2013; 15(9): 1-5 A few factors appear to boost a child's risk of having recurrent febrile seizures, including young age during the first seizure, seizure type, and having immediate family members with a history of febrile seizures.3T The present study aimed to provide reliable information about recurrent3T7T 3T7Tfebrile seizure3T7T 3T7Tin 3T7T 3T7TIran 3Tian children. 3TOn the computerized literature valid on valid3T7T 3T7Tkeyword with search in valid3T7T 3T7Tdatabase 3TPubMed, Scientific Information Databases (SID ), Global medical article limberly (Medlib), Iranian Biomedical Journals (Iran Medex), Iranian Journal Database (Magiran), and Google Scholar 3T recruited in 3T7T 3T7Tdifferent 3T7T 3T7Tgeographic areas. To 3T 3Texplore3T 3Theterogeneity3T 3Tin 3T 3Tstudies IPP3T7T 3T7Tindex3T7T 3T7Twas used. Meta-analysis used to 3T5T 3T5Tdata3T7T 3T7Tanalysis3T7T with 3T7Trandom3T7T 3T7Teffects3T7T 3T7Tmodel 3T6T. Hospital data of 4,599 children with febrile seizure. Overall, 21 studies met our inclusion criteria. Febrile seizure in 2 age groups (<2 and 2-6 years) were 55.8% (95% CI: 50.461.2) and 44.2% (95% CI: 38.8-61.2) respectively. Pooled recurrent rate of febrile seizure in Iran was 20.9% (95% CI: 12.3-29.5). In 28.8 (95% CI: 19.3-38.4), children there was positive family history. The mean prevalence of simple and complex seizures was 69.3% (95% CI: 59.5-79.0) and 28.3% (95% CI: 19.6-31.0) respectively. The rates in different geographical 3T regions of central, east, and west of Iran, 25, 20.8 and 27.1% were estimated, respectively3T6T. According to the data the prevalence febrile seizure is higher in males and children under two years. Recurrence rate in Iran, similar to other studies performed in other regions of the world6T. 6T Copyright © 2013 Zahedan University of Medical Sciences. All rights reserved.