Etiology of Non-Traumatic Seizures in Children Admitted to PICU: An Eight-Year Retrospective Study

Figures & data

Table 1 Patient Characteristics (n = 318)

No. of Cases	318
Gender
Male	178 (56%)
Female	140 (44%)
Male/Female ratio	1.27:1
Age group (years)
<1y	40 (13%)
1–3y	79 (25%)
3–6y	79 (25%)
6–12y	81 (25%)
≥12y	39 (12%)
Period (years)
2010–2013	121
2014–2017	197

Figure 1 Etiology of non-traumatic seizures in children admitted to PICU (2010–2017, n = 318).

Table 2 Etiological Causes in Patients with Seizure in the 2010–2013 and 2014–2017 Periods

Etiology	Overall n = 318 (%)	2010–2013 n = 121 (%)	2014–2017 n = 197 (%)	p-value
CNS infectious	109 (34.3)	59 (48.8)	50 (25.4)	<0.001
Unknown reason epilepsy	96 (30.2)	24 (19.8)	72 (36.5)	<0.001
Immune	56 (17.6)	12 (9.9)	44 (22.3)	0.005
Other	30 (9.40)	19 (15.7)	11 (5.6)	<0.005
Metabolic	16 (5.0)	6 (5.0)	10 (5.1)	0.963
Genetic	11 (3.5)	1 (0.8)	10 (5.1)	0.057

Note: The bold font represent statistical significance.

Figure 2 Comparison of etiological causes in patients with seizure in the 2010–2013 (n = 121) and 2014–2017 (n = 197) periods.