A Study of Clinical Profile and Outcome of Status Epilepticus in Children Aged 1 Month to 18 Years

Background: A common neurological emergency in children is Status epilepticus which, if not treated immediately, may trigger marked neuro morbidity and mortality and hence will need immediate and aggressive management. The neurological outcome worsens in a child as the time taken to control seizures increases and it becomes harder to terminate the seizures. This attempts to explain clinical profile and development of children with convulsive status epilepticus coming to rural hospital in central India and assess the effect of drugs used for treatment of status epilepticus.

Methodology: This Prospective Cross-sectional Study will be conducted in the paediatric intensive care unit Department of Paediatrics, PICU, AVBRH, Wardha. Parameters like clinical presentations, clinical signs, duration and types of status epilepticus, investigations used to diagnose status epilepticus, drugs (anti-epileptic drugs), immediate outcome, effect of drugs used to control seizures will be recorded. Data will be analysed using Chi- square test and independent t-test as applicable. Univariate analysis will be used for testing the influence of different variables in the outcome of present study.

Expected Results: Many factors like age, type and time period of status epilepticus, cause, treatment and corresponding comorbidities determine the end result in status epilepticus. From this study, we expect to get significant evidences to explain profile of cases of convulsive status epilepticus.

Conclusion: Outcomes of status epilepticus are determined by factors like age, time period, cause, treatment and associated comorbidities.