Abstract Objective To study the clinical features of children with febrile seizures after Omicron variant infection. Methods A retrospective analysis was performed on the clinical data of children with febrile seizures after Omicron variant infection who were admitted to the Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital Affiliated to the Capital Institute of Pediatrics, from December 1 to 31, 2022 (during the epidemic of Omicron variant; Omicron group), and the children with febrile seizures (without Omicron variant infection) who were admitted from December 1 to 31, in 2021 were included as the non-Omicron group. Clinical features were compared between the two groups. Results There were 381 children in the Omicron group (250 boys and 131 girls), with a mean age of (3.2±2.4) years. There were 112 children in the non-Omicron group (72 boys and 40 girls), with a mean age of (3.5±1.8) years. The number of children in the Omicron group was 3.4 times that in the non-Omicron group. The proportion of children in two age groups, aged 1 to <2 years and 6-10.83 years, in the Omicron group was higher than that in the non-Omicron group, while the proportion of children in two age groups, aged 4 to <5 years and 5 to <6 years, was lower in the Omicron group than that in the non-Omicron group (P<0.05).The Omicron group had a significantly higher proportion of children with cluster seizures and status convulsion than the non-Omicron group (P<0.05). Among the children with recurrence of febrile seizures, the proportion of children aged 6-10.83 years in the Omicron group was higher than that in the non-Omicron group, while the proportion of children aged 3 years, 4 years, and 5 years in the Omicron group was lower than that in the non-Omicron group (P<0.05). Conclusions Children with febrile seizures after Omicron variant infection tend to have a wider age range, with an increase in the proportion of children with cluster seizures and status convulsion during the course of fever.
Corresponding Authors:
Yang J，E-mail：yangjian1306@sina.com
E-mail: yangjian1306@sina.com
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ZHANG Jian-Zhao,LIU Zi-Qi,ZHONG Zhuo-Tang et al. Clinical features of children with febrile seizures caused by Omicron variant infection[J]. CJCP, 2023, 25(6): 595-599.
ZHANG Jian-Zhao,LIU Zi-Qi,ZHONG Zhuo-Tang et al. Clinical features of children with febrile seizures caused by Omicron variant infection[J]. CJCP, 2023, 25(6): 595-599.
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