Abstract
We are reporting 16 pediatric patients (ages 0-18-years-old) who presented to our urban hospital emergency room with seizures and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) during the surge of the Omicron variant. There was an increased number of pediatric patients with seizures and COVID-19 during this period as compared to prior COVID-19 surges. The 16 patients ranged in age from 3 months to 12 years of age. Five of the 16 patients (31%) had a prior history of epilepsy. Eight patients (50%) presented in status epilepticus, and in six patients (38%) the seizures appeared to have focal features. Fourteen patients (88%) presented with a complex provoked seizure defined as exhibiting either focality, seizure >5 min in length, or more than one seizure in 24 h. We suggest that in the pediatric population, when compared to prior variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the Omicron variant is more likely to be associated with neurologic symptoms, including complex provoked seizures.
Keywords: COVID-19; febrile seizure; febrile status epilepticus; provoked seizure; status epilepticus.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, febrile seizure, febrile status epilepticus, provoked seizure, status epilepticus., 【초록키워드】 coronavirus disease, SARS-CoV-2, Coronavirus disease 2019, coronavirus, pediatric, hospital, variant, epilepsy, severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus, omicron, Symptoms, Features, Pediatric patients, Patient, Omicron variant, age, emergency room, Seizure, febrile seizure, Seizures, status epilepticus, acute respiratory syndrome, Pediatric patient, acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus, acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, complex, febrile, neurologic, defined, exhibiting, ranged, 【제목키워드】 pediatric, disease, with COVID-19,