Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as an effective determinant for recurrent febrile seizure : a 9-year case-control study

Publication Date

2016

Document Type

Research

Abstract

This study is to determine if there is an association between a high neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and recurrent febrile seizures among those who were admitted at the DLSUMC pediatric ward from January 2006-December 2014. The subjects were admitted patients aged 6 months to 7 years old with a diagnosis of febrile seizures. Cases were those with recurrent febrile seizures while the controls were those without recurrence of seizures. In the demographic profile, mostly were aged 12 months (41.96%) and 24 months (20.54%), male gender (70.54%) and had a history of febrile seizure in the family (51.79%). Mean age for those with febrile seizure recurrence and those without is 18 and 22 months respectively while mean duration of seizures was noted at 227.14 seconds and 314.54 seconds respectively. Simple febrile seizure was commonly seen in the subjects comprising 76.79%. The symptoms described were noted as upward rolling of the eyeballs, stiffening of extremities, cyanosis and drooling of saliva. The most common combination includes upward rolling of the eyeballs and stiffening of extremities (48.21%). The neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio of the control group was higher than that of the cases. All p-values were >0.05 hence statistically not significant.

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