OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to determine the yield of diagnostic workup in children presenting with complex febrile seizures. METHODS We performed a retrospective review of charts of patients who presented to our pediatric emergency department with complex febrile seizures (focal, prolonged, or recurrent). Patients with known seizure disorder, congenital central nervous system m...

Febrile seizure (FS) is a common cause of seizure in young children and occurring in 3-4% children under 5 years of age. Iron deficiency is reported as commonest micro-nutritional deficiency worldwide and has been associated with febrile seizures. The aim is to evaluate role of Iron deficiency as a risk factor of febrile seizure. A total of 170 children (6m – 5 years) were included in the study...

how to cite this article: shiva s, barzegar m, zokaie n, shiva sh. dose supplemental zinc prevents recurrence of febrile seizures? iranian journal ofchild neurology 2011;5(4):11-14.   objective febrile seizures (fs) are the most common form of seizures in children. previous studies have suggested that zinc may play a role in the prevention of fs. however, there is limited information on the pre...

objective febrile seizure is the most common convulsive disorder in childhood. the role of iron in metabolism of neurotransmitters and carrying oxygen to the brain suggests the possibility of a relationship between iron deficiency anemia and febrile seizures. the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between iron deficiency anemia and febrile seizures. materials & methods this c...

RATIONALE Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) has been demonstrated to be the causative agent in roseola infantum. It has been suggested that HHV-6 may have neurotropic properties and be involved in the pathogenesis of febrile seizures in infants. We describe a case-control study to examine the hypothesis that acute HHV-6 infection occurs more commonly in children with febrile seizures than in controls...

BACKGROUND Febrile seizures are benign but so terrifying for parents that they may subsequently view their affected children as "vulnerable". Children viewed as vulnerable may be brought to medical attention more frequently. We examined subsequent hospitalizations and physician visits during a 6- to 7 1/2-year period for a group of children who had participated in a case-control study of initia...

OBJECTIVES Febrile seizures recur frequently. Factors increasing the risk of febrile seizure recurrence include young age at onset, family history of febrile seizures, previous recurrent febrile seizures, time lapse since previous seizure <6 months, relative low temperature at the initial seizure, multiple type initial seizure, and frequent febrile illnesses. Prevention of seizure recurrences s...

OBJECTIVES To compare the incidence of febrile seizures in children hospitalized for influenza A infection with parainfluenza and adenovirus infection and to examine the hypothesis that children hospitalized for influenza A (variant Sydney/H3N2) during the 1998 season in Hong Kong had more frequent and refractory seizures when compared with other respiratory viruses, including the A/Wuhan H3N2 ...

results the mean levels of serum calcium, serum zinc, cerebrospinal fluid calcium and cerebrospinal fluid zinc were 14.51 ± 3.69 mg/dl; 184.04 ± 65.49 µg/dl; 5.23 ± 2.21 mg/dl and 87.06 ± 28.25 µg/dl respectively. conclusions we did not find any clear abnormality in plasma or cerebrospinal fluid calcium and zinc levels in children with febrile seizures in our patient population. patients and me...

Of the 265 children aged between 6 and 18 months admitted to hospital in a 26-month period each with his first febrile convulsion, there were 64 who satisfied our criteria for a simple febrile convulsion. Ofthese, 43 (random) were entered into a double-blind trial of continuous sodium valproate versus phenobarbitone, and 21 were untreated. The dosage was phenobarbitone 3-6 mg/kg per day; sodium...