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 CSE
Found ()
Not found ()
value
Male
52 (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 seizure
44 (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
Malaria
79 (66.4%)
173 (64.3%)
0.693
Febrile convulsion
41 (34.5%)
68 (25.3%)
0.064
Non-TB meningitis
4 (3.4%)
36 (13.4%)
0.003
Encephalopathy of unknown cause
14 (11.8%)
39 (14.5%)
0.470
Anaemia
19 (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.