Predicting factors for acute encephalopathy in febrile seizure children with SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant: a retrospective study

• Published in: BMC pediatrics Vol. 24; no. 1; p. 211
• Main Authors: Tang, Ching-Min, Kuo, Cheng-Yen, Yen, Chen-Wei, Lin, Jainn-Jim, Hsieh, Yu-Chia, Hsia, Shao-Hsuan, Chan, Oi-Wa, Lee, En-Pei, Hung, Po-Cheng, Wang, Huei-Shyong, Lin, Kuang-Lin, Chiu, Cheng-Hsun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 25.03.2024; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Acidosis; Behavior disorders; Blood pressure; Bradycardia - complications; Brain Diseases - etiology; Care and treatment; Causes of; Child; Child, Preschool; Coma; Congenital diseases; Convulsions & seizures; COVID-19; COVID-19 - complications; COVID-19 vaccines; Diagnosis; Edema; Encephalitis; Encephalopathy; Epilepsy; Febrile convulsions; Febrile seizures; Fever; Fever - etiology; Humans; Hyperglycemia - complications; Illnesses; Infections; Metabolic disorders; Mortality; Nervous system; Patients; Pediatric; Pediatrics; Predictive factor; Public health; Retrospective Studies; Risk factors; SARS-CoV-2; Seizures - complications; Seizures, Febrile - etiology; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Software; Statistical analysis; Status Epilepticus; Vital signs; Taiwan; Japan; COVID-19; Febrile seizures; SARS-CoV-2; Predictive factor; Pediatric; Encephalopathy

SARS-CoV-2 posed a threat to children during the early phase of Omicron wave because many patients presented with febrile seizures. The study aimed to investigate predicting factors for acute encephalopathy of children infected by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant presenting with febrile seizures. The retr...