This review focuses on the latest knowledge and understanding of febrile seizures and
outlines the more important issues in the management of children who present with an …

Although the majority of seizures are brief and cause no long-term consequences, a subset
is sufficiently prolonged that long-term consequences can result. These very prolonged …

Arch Dis Child: first published as 10.1136/adc. 87.3. 238 on 1 September 2002.
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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 …

A study was done of 309 children seen in two ERs with a first seizure and fever to assess
whether meningitis could be recognized using readily available clinical information. Among …

Objective Febrile seizures (FS) are the most common type of childhood seizures, affecting 2–
5% of children. As the seizure may be the sole presentation of bacterial meningitis in febrile …

This prospective multicenter study of 200 patients with fever-associated status epilepticus
(FSE), of whom 136 underwent a nontraumatic lumbar puncture, confirms that FSE rarely …

Febrile seizures are a common neurologic disorder that frequently presents to an acute care
setting for evaluation and management. Careful distinction must be made between a seizure …

Introduction: One of the most significant current discussions in pediatrics is whether lumbar
puncture (LP) should be performed in children with febrile seizure (FS) as in the past …

Febrile seizures are the most common form of childhood seizures. Febrile seizures are
defined as by the International League Against Epilepsy as a ''seizure occurring in childhood …