This study was conducted to analyses the clinical characteristics of status Epilepticus in pediatric age groups and know etiology, risk factors and outcomes. Clinical details of all hospitalized children with status Epilepticus were recorded and cases were analyzed further. Total 60 cases were admitted out of which 38(63.3%) were males and 22(36.6%) were females, out of which 15(25%) was < q year, 29(48.3%) was between 1-5 years while 16(26.6%) were > 5 years. The most common etiology seen was acute symptomatic seizure 20(33.3%), followed by febrile seizure 13, epilepsy syndrome 11, and lastly remote seizures with 7 cases. In 14(23.4%) cases which had multiple seizures before hospitalization, out of them 6 were had re admitted. It has been found that there if there was altered levels of sodium then it had higher mortality. In terms of outcomes 43(71.6%) were discharged, while 14 (23.3%) of them re admitted and 3 (5%)of them died.

Status Epilepticus, Pediatric Seizures, Etiology and Risk Factors, Clinical Characteristics