EEG for children with complex febrile seizures.
BACKGROUND Febrile seizures can be classified as simple or complex. Complex febrile seizures are associated with fever that lasts longer than 15 minutes, occur more than once within 24 hours, and are confined to one side of the child's body. It is common
P. Shah, Saji James, S. Elayaraja
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Five Years Study of Recurrent Febrile Seizure Risk Factors
Background: Nearly one-third of febrile seizure patients suffered recurrent febrile seizures. Several risk factors contribute to this recurrence, namely young age, family history of febrile seizures, low body temperature and rapid duration of fever ...
Ausi Indriani+2 more
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Febrile seizures: mechanisms and relationship to epilepsy. [PDF]
Studies of febrile seizures have been driven by two major enigmas: first, how these most common of human seizures are generated by fever has not been known.
Alheim+79 more
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Stress Hyperglycemia as Predictive Factor of Recurrence in Children with Febrile Seizures
Stress hyperglycemia and hyperlactatemia are commonly referred to as markers of stress severity and poor outcome in children with severe acute illness or febrile seizures.
Raluca Maria Costea+3 more
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A Study of clinical and laboratory profile of children presenting with febrile seizures in a teaching hospital [PDF]
Background: Febrile seizures are the most common cause of convulsions in children. Although most febrile seizures are benign, the child must be evaluated immediately to reduce parental anxiety, to identify the cause of fever and preventable risk ...
P Venkateshwar
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Risk Factors for Febrile Seizures in Children Aged 6 – 59 Months in Surabaya, East Java
Background: Febrile seizures are common in children under 5 years of age. Parents are concerned when their children have seizures; therefore, it is necessary to provide promotive and preventive education regarding the risk factors for febrile seizures so
Febrianto Adi Husodo+2 more
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Febrile seizures and mechanisms of epileptogenesis: insights from an animal model. [PDF]
Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is the most prevalent type of human epilepsy, yet the causes for its development, and the processes involved, are not known.
A Brewster+79 more
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Febrile seizures in the developing brain result in persistent modification of neuronal excitability in limbic circuits. [PDF]
Febrile (fever-induced) seizures affect 3-5% of infants and young children. Despite the high incidence of febrile seizures, their contribution to the development of epilepsy later in life has remained controversial.
Baram, TZ, Chen, K, Soltesz, I
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Audience: This simulation session is appropriate for medical students, community physicians, or residents in emergency medicine, neurology, pediatrics, or family medicine.
Victor Cisneros, Alisa Wray
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Pseudo-Petit Mal Discharge: A Marker of Favorable Prognosis in Febrile Seizure
Objective:To investigate whether pseudo-petit mal discharge is a useful marker of epilepsy on electroencephalogram in patients with recurrent febrile seizures.Methods:The retrospective study included 255 out of 1255 children aged 6-66 months that were ...
Beril Dilber+7 more
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