Epidemiological study of severe febrile reactions in young children in Western Australia caused by a 2010 trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2011 Background The 2010 influenza vaccination program for children aged 6 months to 4 years in Western Australia (WA) was suspended following reports of severe febrile reactions, including febrile convulsions, following vaccination with trivalent inactivated
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Relationship between the population incidence of febrile convulsions in young children in Sydney, Australia and seasonal epidemics of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, 2003-2010: a time series analysis [PDF]
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2011 Background In 2010, intense focus was brought to bear on febrile convulsions in Australian children particularly in relation to influenza vaccination.
Lawrence Glenda L +5 more
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Epilepsia Open, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract Epilepsy syndromes during the early years of life may be attributed to an acquired insult, such as hypoxic–ischemic injury, infection, status epilepticus, or brain trauma. These conditions are frequently modeled in experimental rodents to delineate mechanisms of epileptogenesis and investigate novel therapeutic strategies.
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BMJ, 1991 Febrile convulsions affect about 1 child in 30. Most of these children have a good outcome with no sequelae and do not require prophylactic medication. Differential diagnosis should include meningitis, epilepsy, hypoglycemia, and encephalopathies and other central nervous system disorders.
W. L. M. Robson, Alexander K. C. Leung
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Epilepsia Open, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract The International League Against Epilepsy/American Epilepsy Society (ILAE/AES) Joint Translational Task Force established the TASK3 working groups to create common data elements (CDEs) for various aspects of preclinical epilepsy research studies, which could help improve the standardization of experimental designs.
Erwin A. van Vliet +9 more
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Prevalence of Lassa Virus Disease (LVD) in Nigerian children with fever or fever and convulsions in an endemic area. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017 Convulsions with fever in children are a common neurologic emergency in the tropics, and determining the contribution of endemic viral infections can be challenging.
Odigie C Akhuemokhan +17 more
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Thalassemia major may decrease the frequency of febrile convulsions in children [PDF]
, 2014 Aim: We aimed to determine the relative frequency of febrile convulsion in children with major thalassemia to theorize that higher serum iron levels could reduce the incidence of febrile convulsion.
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Evaluation of In-Hospital Management for Febrile Illness\ud in Northern Tanzania before and after 2010 World Health\ud Organization Guidelines for the Treatment of Malaria [PDF]
, 2014 In 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) published updated guidelines emphasizing and expanding recommendations for a parasitological confirmation of malaria before treating with antimalarials. This study aimed to assess differences in historic (2007–
Biggs, Holly M. +6 more
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Care-seeking patterns for fatal malaria in Tanzania. [PDF]
, 2004 BACKGROUND\ud \ud Once malaria occurs, deaths can be prevented by prompt treatment with relatively affordable and efficacious drugs. Yet this goal is elusive in Africa.
de Savigny, Don +8 more
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Electrolyte Abnormalities in Febrile Seizures
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1996 The role of serum sodium in susceptibility to complicated febrile convulsions was studied in 115 children admitted with simple or complicated febrile convulsions to the Kuopio University Hospital, Finland.
J Gordon Millichap
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