Perfil epidemiológico da crise epilética na infância em um serviço de saúde terciário

Abstract

Describe the epidemiological profile of infant patients who seek the emergency department of Hospital São Vicente de Paulo – HSVP, as a result of na epilectic seizure. Methods: Quantitative, cross-sectional and descriptive study, based on data collected from the eletronic medical records of patients who were treated at a tertiary hospital in the city of Passo Fundo/RS, in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Results: The analysis of the epidemiological profile concluded that 50.7% of the patients who sought care were female, with the majority being white (93%), and that 48.9% were between 0 and 12 years old. Most (60.4%) were from Passo Fundo. Among the types of epileptic seizures presented, generalized tonic-clonic was the most frequent, corresponding to 43.7% of the cases. Moreover, about 48.9% of the patients needed hospitalization, and the mean time measured in days was 3.85. Conclusions: We highlight the high prevalence of patients with refractory epilepsy, who are largely using more than two medications. It was also possible to infer that most of the seizures seen were tonic-clonic generalized.