DOI: 10.36347/sajb.2014.v02i09.007

Pages: 595-599

The primary objective of the present retrospective hospital based study is is to determine the clinico-etiological profile, need for lumbar puncture (LP) in children with febrile seizures and Our secondary objective is to assess the prevalence of meningitis in such children. Our study population consisted of 505 children aged between 6 months to 24 months with first episode of febrile seizures, out of which LP was performed in 322 children. Simple febrile seizures accounted for 63% (n=203) out of which none of them had CSF findings suggestive of meningitis, and complex febrile seizures accounted for remaining 37% (n=119) out of which 5(4.2%) children had CSF findings suggestive of meningitis which was statistically significant(p<0.05). Upper respiratory tract infection was the commonest underlying cause for febrile seizures (69.9%).