TY - JOUR ID - 8340 TI - Prognosis of Epilepsies and Epileptic Syndromes in Children: A Narrative Review JO - Reviews in Clinical Medicine JA - RCM LA - en SN - 2345-6256 AU - Momen, Ali Akbar AU - Azizi Malamiri, Reza AD - Department of Pediatrics, Golestan Hospital, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran. Y1 - 2018 PY - 2018 VL - 5 IS - 2 SP - 37 EP - 41 KW - Children KW - Epilepsy KW - Prognosis KW - Recurrence DO - 10.22038/rcm.2017.17936.1180 N2 - Epilepsies and epileptic syndromes are among the most common chronic neurological disorders in neonates, infants, and children. Remission occurs in 70% of epileptic children, while other cases experience frequent seizures and become refractory to various treatment modalities. Refractory seizures have a significant adverse impact on the quality of life of epileptic children and their families. Prognosis of epilepsies is determined based on the risk of seizure or convulsion recurrence. Some of the most important risk factors for recurrence are the age at seizure presentation, neurodevelopment of the child, etiology of seizures, seizure frequency before anticonvulsant withdrawal, response to antiepileptic medications, type of epileptic syndromes, and electroencephalography of the patient. Recognition of the risk factors for seizure recurrence results in the optimal management of the treatment protocols, thereby reducing the adverse effects of epileptic seizures on patients and their families. The present study aimed to provide a narrative review of the most important risk factors for the recurrence of epilepsies in children by two child neurologists. UR - https://rcm.mums.ac.ir/article_8340.html L1 - https://rcm.mums.ac.ir/article_8340_f4b9a8e889509d8c5ddbb1bcfaa017ed.pdf ER -