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Cerebrospinal fluid analysis in children with seizures
Ist Teil von
Pediatric emergency care, 1995-08, Vol.11 (4), p.226-229
Ort / Verlag
Hagerstown, MD: Lippincott-Raven Publishers
Erscheinungsjahr
1995
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MEDLINE
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examinations of 212 children aged two to 24 months with idiopathic nonfebrile seizures, complex febrile seizures, or status epilepticus, who had a lumbar puncture within 24 hours of the convulsion, were reviewed to determine whether an idiopathic convulsion can result in CSF abnormalities. Children with complex febrile seizures had a median CSF white blood cell count of 1 cell/mm (range 0–19 cells/mm) and a median CSF polymorphonuclear (PMN) cell count of 0 cells/mm (range 0–8 cells/mm). The CSF white blood cell (WBC) count was elevated above the upper limit of normal of 5 cells/mm in 9.8% and the absolute number of polymorphonuclear cells was more than 0 cells/mm in 26.2% of the complex febrile seizure subjects. Values at the 95th percentile were calculated; a total of 8 WBC/mm, 4 PMN/mm, protein of 73 mg/dl and glucose of 119 mg/dl determined the 95th percentile CSF values for the patients with complex febrile seizures. Patients with nonfebrile seizures or with status epilepticus had similar findings. We conclude that complex febrile, idiopathic nonfebrile convulsions or status epilepticus may affect CSF findings in childrenCSF with >20 WBC/mm or >10 PMN/mm should not be attributed to seizures.