Research Article

Long-Term Survival and Outcome in Children Admitted to Kilifi District Hospital with Convulsive Status Epilepticus

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of children recruited for follow-up compared to children not recruited.

Demographic and clinical characteristics at the time of admission for CSEFound ( )Not found ( ) value

Male52 (43.9%)137 (50.9%)0.189
Age in years, median (range)2.2 (0.3–10.3)2.1 (0.1–12.4)
Generalised convulsion (either initial or secondary 94 (79.7%)189 (71.1%)0.077
Focal onset seizure44 (37.0%)107 (39.8%)0.602
Neurological impairment at
Discharge diagnosis¥
15 (12.7%)31 (14.7%)0.619
Sepsis*2 (1.7%)10 (3.7%)0.358
Malaria79 (66.4%)173 (64.3%)0.693
Febrile convulsion41 (34.5%)68 (25.3%)0.064
Non-TB meningitis4 (3.4%) 36 (13.4%)0.003
Encephalopathy of unknown cause14 (11.8%)39 (14.5%)0.470
Anaemia19 (16.0%) 56 (20.8%)0.264

Some children had multiple diagnoses at discharge.
*Differences between “found” and “not found” with Fisher’s exact test.
Number may not be exact due to missing values.