Clinical management of febrile seizures in a Hospital in Guayaquil. 2021-2022

Abstract

Febrile seizures are common disorders in childhood whose appearance is associated with different causes and depending on their characteristics can cause sequelae in children who present it. That is why it was decided to carry out a study in the pediatric population, whose general objective was to characterize the clinical management of febrile seizures in a Hospital in Guayaquil in the period 2021-2022. It was a non-experimental, descriptive, retrospective, cross-sectional investigation, with a mixed approach, which was carried out in patients who presented febrile seizures aged between 3 and 12 months who met the selection criteria, thus leaving 150 patients in total. Among the most important results: febrile seizures were frequent in men between 3 and 60 months, the most frequent cause was bronchiolitis, the most common type of seizure was generalized with duration and postictal period of less than 5 minutes without recurrence. The most common drug therapy was diazepam and all children underwent initial ABC, neurological examination, and peripheral venous catheterization. It is necessary to continue training staff on the management of these patients using the protocols established at all levels of health.