Table 2 Aetiological diagnoses associated with acute seizures and outcome
Diagnosis | Patients with seizures, (%, n = 900) | Patients without seizures, (%, n = 4,021) | Crude OR, (95% CI) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Malaria | 479 (53.2) | 482 (12.0) | 8.35 (7.08, 9.85) | <0.001 |
Respiratory tract infections | 138 (15.3) | 956 (23.8) | 0.58 (0.47, 0.71) | <0.001 |
Pyogenic meningitis | 24 (2.7) | 20 (0.5) | 5.48 (2.89, 10.5) | <0.001 |
Encephalopathy of unknown cause (probable viral encephalitis) | 15 (1.7) | 12 (0.3) | 5.66 (2.46, 13.3) | <0.001 |
Gastroenteritis | 39 (4.3) | 564 (14.0) | 0.28 (0.19, 0.39) | <0.001 |
Severe malnutrition | 13 (1.4) | 230 (5.7) | 0.24 (0.13, 0.42) | <0.001 |
Trauma | 4 (0.4) | 96 (2.4) | 0.18 (0.05, 0.48) | <0.001 |
Poisoning | 1 (0.1) | 42 (1.0) | 0.11 (0.003, 0.62) | 0.007 |
Prematurity | 1 (0.1) | 82 (2.0) | 0.05 (0.001, 0.31) | <0.001 |
Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy | 5 (0.6) | 98 (2.4) | 0.23 (0.07, 0.55) | <0.001 |
Neonatal sepsis | 33 (3.7) | 406 (10.1) | 0.34 (0.23, 0.49) | <0.001 |
Others | 149 (16.6) | 1,076 (26.8) | 0.54 (0.45, 0.66) | <0.001 |
Outcome | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Died | 28 (3.1) | 226 (5.6) | 0.54 (0.35, 0.81) | 0.002 |
   Neurological deficits | 11 (1.3) | 0 (0) | - | <0.001 |