eISSN: 2077-9135 / ISSN: 1681-5491
Register
Login
Medical Channel Journal
2014, Volume 20, Issue 1 : 30-34
Research Article
Breath-holding spells mimic Seizures, its clinical features and outcome
 ,
 ,
 ,
 ,
1
Department of Paediatric Medicine and Neurology CMC, Shaheed Muhatarma Benazir Bhutto University, Larkana, Pakistan
Abstract

Objective: To determine breath holding spells mimic Seizures document the natural history of severe breath-holding spells (BHS) among children with both cyanotic and pallid BHS who were referred forpaediatric consultation. Patients and Method: Study Design: Descriptive type (Prospective cohort study). Place of Study: It was conducted in department of Paediatric medicine and Neurology on outdoor patients from 1stJanuary 2006 to 31st Dec 2011 at CMC, ShaheedMuhatarma Benazir Bhutto University Larkana.Data collection was based on structured interview was undertaken at the time of initial consultationand diagnosis of BHS was based on a detailed history of multiple episodes (3 or more) defined byclinical presentation and regarding type of BHS, frequency of spells, associated phenomenon,sequelae, family history, and age at termination of spells. Result: Two hundreds thirty cases of breath holding spells were included who have had H/O provoking event,cry, apnea, cyanosis, (Cyanotic spells) 56.5% (n=130) in most of cases while some presented withpallid spells and few with hypoxic convulsions 20.9% (n=48) with loss of consciousness, most ofcases had history of anticonvulsant with no response 60% (n=138). One hundred thirty 56.5 %(n=130)cases were male and 43.5% (n=100) females, from 2month to 4 years of age were included and mostcommon age of presentation was 9 to 12 months. Out of 230 cases only 39.1% (n=90) presented withfamily history of breath holding spells and all cases had been reassured. Conclusion: The common type of breath holding spells in outdoor patients is cyanotic. The common clinicalpresentations were cry, over breathing, cyanosis, few present with clonicjerks, hypertonia, and pallorness, outcome was excellent.

Keywords
License
Copyright (c) Medical Channel Journal
Creative Commons Attribution License Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
All papers should be submitted electronically. All submitted manuscripts must be original work that is not under submission at another journal or under consideration for publication in another form, such as a monograph or chapter of a book. Authors of submitted papers are obligated not to submit their paper for publication elsewhere until an editorial decision is rendered on their submission. Further, authors of accepted papers are prohibited from publishing the results in other publications that appear before the paper is published in the Journal unless they receive approval for doing so from the Editor-In-Chief.
Med. Channel J. open access articles are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This license lets the audience to give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made and if they remix, transform, or build upon the material, they must distribute contributions under the same license as the original.
Recommended Articles
A qualitative study: Regarding awareness about pre-marital healthcare and counseling among undergraduate students of karachi
18-22
Efficacy of fnacin breast lump evaluation - a revisit at tertiary care hospital
85-87
Protective role of vitamin c on proximal convoluted tubules of albino rats in streptozotocin induced diabetes
28-32
Pattern of snake bite at chandka medical college hospital Larkana
24-27
Medical Channel Journal
support@medicalchanneljournal.pk
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license. Open Access Publication.
Copyright © ©Medical Channel Journal. All rights reserved.