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Acute gastroenteritis is a highly prevalent disease in children. Various factorsmay causes seizure in children with gastroenteritis. This study was designed to determine the frequency,clinical characteristics and causes of seizure in children younger than 5 years with acute gastroenteritisadmitted to Ahvaz Golestan hospital.

In a retrospective descriptive study based on hospital records , 339 children under5 years old who were admitted to Ahvaz Golestan hospital during 2016 - 2017 were assessed. Patientswith underlying neurological disorders were excluded and the recorded information of patients withseizure was reviewed.

Out of 339 reviewed cases, 59 patients (17.4%) had seizures, most prevalent in13 to 24 monthsage group (28.8%). In 74.6% of cases, type of diarrhea were dysentery. 64.4% had mild dehydration.Encephalopathy was detected in 1.7%, shigellosis in 6.8%, hyponatremia in 32.2% and hypernatremiain 3.4%. Seizures in 52.5% of cases were considered as febrile Seizure. Diagnostic criteria of benign convulsionsassociated with mild gastroenteritis (CwG) were present in 5% of patients. 79.7% of cases hadgeneralized seizures. In comparison, a significant relationship was observed between the febrile andnon-febrile groups only in the variable of diarrhea type.

The results show that fever and electrolyte imbalances and among infectious agents, Shigellaare important causes of seizures in patients with gastroenteritis. In patients with dysentery, seizures aremore likely.

Congenital heart disease (CHD) is one of the reasons of growth disorder and mortality in children all over the world. Growth disorder in these children affects their prognosis and mortality before and after cardiac surgery. In this study, we evaluated growth factors in children affected with CHD to assess their condition for appropriate intervention.
Subjects and Growth parameters including weight, height, head circumference and body mass index records of 368 admitted children aged 6 to 60 months old with CHD in Ahvaz Golestan hospital from 2011 to 2013 were analyzed in this descriptive-epidemiologic study. Collected data were analyzed by using SPSS software and Chi Square, Fisher and Logistic regression.
Underweighting was the most common type of growth disorders (49.2%) especially in 12-23 month age group. Ventricular septal defect (VSD) was the most common cardiac lesion, and growth disorder was seen in VSD and TGA more than other cardiac disorders. Growth failure was more common in cyanotic CHD, and the most severe disorders were related to cyanotic patients with pulmonary hypertension, which was statistically significant (P According to the results, cyanosis and pulmonary hypertension were detected as two important factors for growth failure in children with CHD, and sex of patients was irrelevant. Thus, timely diagnosis and management of growth disorder in these children can improve their growth retardation and prognosis after corrective and palliative surgery.