Clinical characteristics of various paroxysmal states in young children
Shan'ko, G.G.; Chuĭko, Z.A.; Charukhina, N.M.; Khodosovskaia, S.V.; Shevchenko, A.M.
Zhurnal Nevropatologii i Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova 86(6): 817-822
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-4588 PMID: 3751411 Document Number: 272001
The overwhelming majority among paroxysmal states in young children belongs to febrile attacks and their combination with other paroxysms as well as to respiratory-affective attacks and syncopes. The hereditary factor and perinatal disorders are essential factors in the genesis of infantile paroxysms. In rare cases syncopic and respiratory-affective paroxysms may be life-threatening. Electroencephalography often reveals epileptic activity and other disturbances of the cortical rhythm. The prognosis of the development of epilepsy should be made with due consideration for the etiological factors, heredity, characteristics of the course of paroxysms, premorbid development of the child, electroencephalographic findings and the results of a follow-up.