30. Nutrition status and related factors in patients with epilepsy onset before 6 months treatment at National Children’s Hospital
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Description of nutritional status and various related factors of children with epilepsy with onset before 6 months of age. This is a cross-sectional descriptive study of 105 children diagnosed with epilepsy onset before 6 months of age, being managed and treated at the Neurology Center - National Children's Hospital from June 2023 to June 2024. The study results showed that the average age of the children was 1.98 years old. There were more males (56.2%) than females (43.8%). 36.2% of the children were diagnosed with drug-resistant epilepsy; 23.8% had concomitant diseases; 45.7% had psychomotor retardation. The rates of underweight, stunting and wasting malnutrition were 14.3%, 22.9% and 10.5%, respectively. There was a correlation between epilepsy type classified by treatment outcome and malnourished children in research (p < 0.05). The rate of malnutrition in children diagnosed with drug-resistant epilepsy was relatively high at 44.7%. The rate of ionized calcium deficiency was 40%, whereas serum magnesium deficiency was lower at 2.9%, of which 1.9% of children had both ionized calcium and serum magnesium deficiency.
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Epilepsy, nutritional status, children
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