Background Our aim was to identify which clinical features have value in confirming or
excluding the possibility of serious infection in children presenting to ambulatory care …

Febrile seizures are the most common form of childhood seizures, affecting 2–5% of all
children and usually appearing between 3 months and 5 years of age. Despite its …

Febrile seizures are common, occurring in up to 5% of children in the United States.
Frequently perceived by caregivers as a life‐threatening event, febrile seizures are a …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the rate of acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) among children who
present with their first complex febrile seizure (CFS). DESIGN AND METHODS: This study …

Aims: In children with convulsive status epilepticus (CSE) with fever, to determine the
likelihood of acute bacterial meningitis (ABM), the proportion that are treated with antibiotics …

Background A febrile seizure is defined as a seizure occurring in a neurologically healthy
child aged 6 months to 5 years. Simple febrile seizures are brief (under 15 minutes' …

Structured in the format recommended by Hayward et al 1 for guideline reports. Objective:
An evidence and consensus based guideline for the management of the child who presents …

Background Diagnosing serious infections in children is challenging, because of the low
incidence of such infections and their non-specific presentation early in the course of illness …

Background Of major concern in any febrile child presenting with a seizure is the possibility
of bacterial meningitis (BM). We did a systematic review to estimate the risk of BM among …

Study objective We assess the prevalences of bacterial meningitis and herpes simplex virus
meningoencephalitis (HSV-ME) in children with a complex febrile seizure and determine …