DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2018.v06i12.007

Pages: 4660-4667

To study the association between iron deficiency and febrile seizures. To determine the hemoglobin, mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin and serum ferritin level in children with febrile seizures and evaluating the role of iron deficiency in febrile seizures. To compare hemoglobin, mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin and serum ferritin in cases and controls. This study is a case control study done in the department of pediatrics, Niloufer hospital. Study population was composed of 120 children out of which 60 were cases with febrile seizures and 60 were controls without febrile seizure. Children aged between 6 months to 5 years admitted to pediatric ward with febrile seizures were included in the case group. Control group is selected from age and sex matched children admitted with febrile illness more than 38 c but no serious and without iron supplements.