Prevalencia de la epilepsia en niños atendidos en el área de emergencias del Hospital del niño Dr. Francisco Icaza Bustamante durante el periodo entre agosto a diciembre del 2020.

Abstract

According to the WHO, in 2019 it´s published that 50 million people suffer from epilepsy in the world, which makes it one of the most common neurological disorders, about 80% of patients live in low- and middle- income countries, it’s estimated that 70% of people with epilepsy could live without seizures if they were properly diagnosed and treated. The objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of epilepsy in children treated in the emergency area of the Hospital del Niño Dr. Francisco Icaza Bustamante. The proposed study is Descriptive, Quantitative, Cross-sectional. The total population was 400 children with epilepsy who were treated in the emergency area of the Hospital del Niño Dr. Francisco Icaza Bustamante. Of which 100 pediatric patients met the inclusion criteria. The results showed that the age with more prevalence are those of 4 to 9 years corresponding to the female gender with 15% and male with 85%. Mestizo ethnic group was more prevalent with 96%. As a conclusion we have that the prevalence of epilepsy is 0.406%. We also conclude that children between 4 and 9 years of age are more likely to suffer from epilepsy, especially due to congenital malformations caused by family history.