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Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1978
Sir .—I have a difficult time finding the "Letters to the Editor" section in theJournalevery month; however, I do feel that the articles by Drs Pollack and Gellis (132:87-89, 1978) deserve a brief comment. From my perspective, Drs Pollack and Gellis gave inadequate emphasis to a very important consideration in the treatment of the child with one simple
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Sir .—I have a difficult time finding the "Letters to the Editor" section in theJournalevery month; however, I do feel that the articles by Drs Pollack and Gellis (132:87-89, 1978) deserve a brief comment. From my perspective, Drs Pollack and Gellis gave inadequate emphasis to a very important consideration in the treatment of the child with one simple
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Occult Bacteremia in Children With Simple Febrile Seizures
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1988The controversy surrounding the diagnostic workup for simple febrile seizures has centered around the lumbar puncture. This focus has obscured the potential importance of other tests. A retrospective study was performed to determine the frequency of occult bacteremia in simple febrile seizures.
J M, Chamberlain, R L, Gorman
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Update on the management of simple febrile seizures
Current Opinion in Pediatrics, 2012We summarize recent clinical reviews and updated American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) clinical guidelines for the management of children with simple febrile seizures.There has been a dramatic reduction in the incidence of bacterial meningitis and of occult bacteremia since the advent of Haemophilus influenzae type b and Streptococcus pneumoniae ...
Titilayo, Oluwabusi, Sunil K, Sood
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Pediatric Emergency Care, 2009
In 1996, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) published a practice parameter recommending that lumbar puncture (LP) be strongly considered in infants younger than 12 months presenting with a first febrile seizure.We sought: (1) to determine if the recommendations of the AAP are being followed by pediatric emergency medicine-trained physicians at ...
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In 1996, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) published a practice parameter recommending that lumbar puncture (LP) be strongly considered in infants younger than 12 months presenting with a first febrile seizure.We sought: (1) to determine if the recommendations of the AAP are being followed by pediatric emergency medicine-trained physicians at ...
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Serum Zinc Levels in Children With Simple Febrile Seizure
Clinical Pediatrics, 2008A prospective case—control study was conducted in a major tertiary care hospital for children during June 2005 to May 2006 on children aged between 3 months and 5 years to compare serum zinc levels in 38 cases of simple febrile seizure and 38 age-matched controls. The mean serum zinc levels in cases and controls were 32.17 and 87.6 µg/dL, respectively.
R, Ganesh, Lalitha, Janakiraman
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Simple Febrile Seizures: A Benign Phenomena?
Journal of Pediatric Epilepsy, 2019AbstractFebrile seizures are one of the most common neurological causes of visits to the emergency room. This article is a review of the current literature concerning the evaluation and treatment of children with febrile seizures. Longitudinal prospective studies such as the FEBSTAT study (consequences of prolonged febrile seizures in childhood) have ...
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Occult Bacteremia in Children With Simple Febrile Seizures
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1989Sir.—The association of bacteremia and febrile seizures described by Chamberlain and Gorman1in a recentAJDCarticle has been recognized at least since 1967, when two of three patients with pneumococcal bacteremia described by Belsey2presented with seizures. Five of 11 children with occult pneumococcal bacteremia described in 19703presented with seizures,
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Technical Report: Treatment of the Child With Simple Febrile Seizures
Pediatrics, 1999Overview.Simple febrile seizures that occur in children ages 6 months to 5 years are common events with few adverse outcomes. Those who advocate therapy for this disorder have been concerned that such seizures lead to additional febrile seizures, to epilepsy, and perhaps even to brain injury. Moreover, they note the potential for such seizures to cause
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The initial management of simple febrile seizures.
The New Zealand medical journal, 1978One hundred consecutive cases of simple febrile seizures in childhood were studied. Seventeen of these children had had more than one seizure during the febrile episode, but none of the patients had a further seizure after treatment with simple antipyretic measures.
D, Daneman, J E, McArthur
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