Seizures in Infants Hospitalized in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit for Bronchiolitis

Seizures in Infants Hospitalized in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit for Bronchiolitis : Description and Risk Factors

Bronchiolitis is the leading cause of pediatric intensive care unit admission in infants. Seizures during bronchiolitis may be a neurological complication of respiratory viruses but also of the treatments. The investigating team's hypothesis is that the incidence of seizures is not so so uncommon in infants hospitalized in the pediatric intensive care unit for severe bronchiolitis.

Inclusion Criteria:

• age < 90 days
• hospitalization from January 1st, 2010 to April 30th, 2018 in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) of pediatric hospital in Lyon
• with bronchiolitis (clinical diagnosis according to American Academy of Pediatrics)

Exclusion Criteria:

• neurological history that may explain the occurrence of seizures
• significant congenital heart disease