ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY CHANGES IN CHILDREN WITH FEBRILE CONVULSION, BREATH-HOLDING COMPARED TO CONTROLS

Objective: Cardiovascular changes are related to some of epilepsy disorders such as seizures and breath holding. The study objective was evaluate ECG findings in breath-holding febrile convulsion compared healthy individuals. Methodology: This Cross-sectional conducted on 270 children 90 with convulsion, patients 2019. Electrocardiography parameters of; QT interval, dispersion QT, corrected QTc measured for participants. Consent form asked be signed by the parents before execution. Data analysis done SPSS 20.0 considering 0.05 significant error. Results: Females were 46(51.1%), 38(42.2%) 35(38.9%) control, holding, respectively. normal 97.8%, 76.7% 71.1% controls, holding A association observed between measures different groups (p<0.001). QTd 100.00%, 98.9% 96.7% respectively a non-significant participants (p=0.196). QTcd 95.6%, 72.2% 85.6% Conclusion: Concluded that higher convulsion. spells. Both than controls significantly results suggested performing who suffered from or breath- spells control their cardiac dysrhythmia.