Postictal Assessment of Serum Copeptin Level in Children with Convulsion | ||
| Zagazig University Medical Journal | ||
| Article 42, Volume 30, Issue 9, December 2024, Pages 4698-4703 PDF (670.38 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/zumj.2024.265457.3136 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ehab Abdel Hmeed Abdel Salam1; Ezzat Kamal Amin Mohamed1; Lamiaa Mahmoud Kamel2; Ahmed Sobhy Abd-Elhameed Ali* 1; Elsayed Abdelaziz Taha Ibrahim1 | ||
| 1Pediatrics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt | ||
| 2Clinical Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: The most prevalent form of childhood seizure disease is febrile convulsion. Measuring copeptin has been demonstrated to be helpful in a number of therapeutic indications for numerous diseases. This study aimed to assess the diagnostic role of serum copeptin in descriminating febrile convulsions from convulsions without fever. Patients and methods: This case-control study was carried out in Paediatric Department at Zagazig University Hospital and Kafr Sakr General hospital. A total of 51 patients were recruited and were divided into three groups; febrile convulsions group (A) included 17 patients, convulsions without fever group (B) included 17 patients and fever only (group C) included 17 patients. All the children were subjected to history taking, clinical examination and laboratory investigations including hematocrit, white blood count with differential, serum sodium, serum glucose, serum calcium level, C-reactive protein (CRP) and Serum copeptin. Results: There was no significant difference between groups regarding age and sex, there was a significant difference between the three studied groups as regards BMI (kg/m2) (17.55 ± 2.14 vs 16.88 ± 3.84 vs 14.92 ± 2.67, p = 0.03).There was no significant difference in copeptin levels between the 3 groups (p value >0.05). There was non significant difference with negative correlation between group C as regards copeptin with CRP (p > 0.05). Conclusion: Circulating copeptin has no diagnostic role in descriminating febrile convulsions from convulsions without fever. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Febrile convulsion; Copeptin; Children | ||
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