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Table 2 Outcome comparison, period I vs. period II+III

From: Prognostic effects of treatment protocols for febrile convulsive status epilepticus in children

 

Period I

n=26

Period II+III

n=84

Risk difference

(95% CI)

p-value

PCPC scale score ≥2, n (%)

6 (23.1)

6 (7.1)

-16.0% (-30.0% to -1.8%)

0.03

Final diagnosis

 AE, n (%)

9 (34.6)

11 (13.1)

-21.5% (-39.5% to -3.9%)

0.02

  AESD, n (%)

5 (19.2)

6 (7.1)

-12.1% (-26.0% to 0.8%)

0.12

  MERS, n (%)

0 (0)

1 (1.2)

1.2% (-2.8% to 1.2%)

1

  Unclassified AE, n (%)

4 (15.4)

4 (4.8)

-10.6% (-21.8% to 0.6%)

0.09

  Febrile seizure, n (%)

17 (65.4)

73 (86.9)

21.5% (3.9% to 39.5%)

0.02

Treatment-related complication

 VAP, n (%)

0 (0)

7 (8.3)

8.3% (-3.5% to 8.3%)

0.20

  1. CI confidence interval, PCPC Pediatric Cerebral Performance Category, AE acute encephalopathy, AESD acute encephalopathy with biphasic seizures and late reduced diffusion, MERS clinically mild encephalitis/ encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion, VAP ventilator-associated pneumonia