Saptarishi Bose

Department of Community Medicine, Great Eastern Medical School, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, India, India

Publications

  • Research   
    To Study Clinical Profile and Short-Term Outcome of Pediatric Status Epilepticus at a Tertiary-Care Center in Central India
    Author(s): Paromita Roy and Saptarishi Bose*

    Objective: To assess clinical profile and short term treatment outcomes of pediatric status epilepticus (SE) at a tertiary - care center in central India Methods: Prospective observational study. All Patients between age of 01month to 14 year presented as status epilepticus were managed as per IAP protocol of status epilepticus and, data was collected after taking written consent. They were studied for clinical presentation, efficacy of management and short-term outcome. Results: In our study on maximum age group children between 1-5 year i.e. 72 (68.57%). followed by >5-14 year were i.e. 21(20%) and <12month were 12(11.4%). Preponderance of male 55(52.4%) over female child 50(47.6 %) was observed. Most of 70.5% children present GTCS type of seizure on admission. Most of the cases CNS infections were predominant. In our study, presence of fever was documented in 85 subjects out .. Read More»

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