Describir los principales aspectos diagnósticos y terapéuticos actuales relacionados con el manejo inicial de la epilepsia infantil benigna

Abstract

Introduction: The benign infantile epilepsy, are the electric discharges that are produced generally at beginning in the childhood, that altogether presenting normal encephalogram are of good prognosis and in some cases they do not merit of treatment, only monitoring and care of possible causal agents. Objective: To describe the latest advances related to the main diagnostic elements and treatments of childhood benign epilepsy through a systematic review of articles indexed in the last two years to offer updated elements of this disease, aimed at Ecuadorian primary care physicians. Health. Method: The methodology applied in the following project is the revision of indexed scientific articles, wich have been identified in virtual pages as Scholar in Google, Scielo, PUBMED, COCHRANE, MEDSCAPE and Scopus. From these virtual pages articles that apply with the theme were collected and 23 papers were selected, which were enter at Mendeley platform, and therefore inserted immediately as VANCOUVER standards cites. Conclusion: Benign childhood epilepsy is defined as the electric discharge with no sequelae, where encephalogram and MRI are normals, with indistinct etiology, among which is attributed to fever spikes that trigger without altering neurodevelopment.