Ebtihal Eltyeb
Omdurman Islamic University, Sudan
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Neurol Neurophysiol
Background: Epilepsy has been suspected to affect the growth parameters in children who treated for longer time with antiepileptic drugs. Method: Unmatched case control study of 71 cases that were in long term treatment of epilepsy and 32 control cases. Results: 36 (50.9%) of cases was found to be <3rd centile compared to 3 (10.9%) of the control group. Also 20 (30.9%) of cases their height be <3rd compared to 1(3.6%) for the control. The mean weight of cases 27.3�±8.1 kg, compared to 33.3�±9.4 kg for the control (P=0.000), as for the height the mean was 132.9�±18.8 cm for the cases, compared to 139.7�±11.6 cm for the control, (P=0.017). No major difference in BMI the mean was 16.1�±11 compared to 16.7�± 2.7(P=0.67). Conclusions: Epileptic children who are in long term medications have affected growth parameters compared to their control. Epilepsy may predispose to malnutrition. A better understanding of these interactions is necessary. Nutritional assessment is still important as part of the comprehensive care of children with epilepsy.
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