Seizures in hospitalised paediatric patients with SARS-CoV-2 and comparison of severity with seizures in hospitalised paediatric patients with other respiratory viruses during the COVID-19 pandemic: a population-based cohort study.

Stavroula AnastasopoulouEva SvenssonRonny WickströmOlof HerttingMalin Ryd RinderRutger BennetMargareta Eriksson

Published in: Archives of disease in childhood (2023)

CNS disease and the omicron period were risk factors for seizures in patients with SARS-CoV-2, who were older than patients with other RTIs. The severity of seizures was comparable between the two groups; hospitalisation was however longer in patients with other RTIs.

Keyphrases

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temporal lobe epilepsy
physical activity
middle aged
coronavirus disease
genetic diversity