conclusions fever phobia remains common, not only among low socioeconomic status mothers but also among those of high socioeconomic status. healthcare providers should take fever phobia into account and provide correct information to caregivers about fever at all visits. patients and methods a questionnaire was use to explore the attitudes, knowledge, and practices of mothers of 861 children br...

Mesial temporal sclerosis (MTS) has been linked to prolonged febrile seizures. The sequence of changes in the temporal lobe/hippocampus following prolonged febrile seizures and status epilepticus is beginning to be elucidated. We obtained repeated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) volumetric analysis of the hippocampi in a 23-month-old boy after a prolonged focal febrile seizure. Three days afte...

febrile seizure is the most common type of convulsion yet described in man. it is a convulsive event mainly occurring in children between the ages of 6 to 60 months and is not accompanied by any type of electrolyte imbalance and cns infections, which are very difficult to be ruled out in infancy. to determine the frequency of cerebrospinal fluid (csf) pleocytosis in infants under the age of eig...

Background: Febrile seizure is one of the commonest childhood neurologic diseases. There an increasing concern that vitamin D deficiency may play etiological role. This study was conducted to find out association between levels and febrile seizure. Objective were determine in children with simple Methods: case control institute child mother health, Dhaka from July 2019 June 2020. Children aged ...

A cohort of 289 children with febrile convulsions who had been randomised in early childhood to either intermittent prophylaxis (diazepam at fever) or no prophylaxis (diazepam at seizures) was followed up 12 years later. The study focused on the occurrence of epilepsy and on neurological, motor, intellectual, cognitive, and scholastic achievements in the cohort. At follow up the two groups were...

background and objectives:    febrile convulsion is one of the most common types of seizure in childhood. its pathogenesis is unknown, so studying its cause is valuable. the purpose of this study was to determine the serum level of zinc and magnesium in children withfebrileconvulsion (f.c) (3 months to 6 years age). patients and methods: in this analytical case-control study, serum level of zin...

We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 189 children who were admitted to the Pediatric Neurology Department at Yonsei University College of Medicine with status epilepticus (SE) between April, 1994 and April, 2003. The children were followed up for a mean duration of 17 months. We analyzed the clinical findings and the relationships between neurologic sequelae, recurrence, age of on...

To cite: Yokoyama T, Yamada S, Doichi N, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2013-008644 DESCRIPTION A previously healthy 2-year-old boy presented to our hospital with seizure. He had fever, diarrhoea and vomiting for 2 days before admission. His seizure continued for 2 min and was accompanied by loss of consciousness and tonic seizure. His sei...

Febrile illness-related epilepsy syndrome is a catastrophic epileptic encephalopathy that is highly refractory to most antiepileptic drugs leading to high morbidity and mortality. The authors report the use of a pediatric infusion protocol of continuous intravenous magnesium sulfate for the control of seizures in 2 children with febrile illness-related epilepsy syndrome refractory to multiple a...

OBJECTIVE: To formulate evidence-based recommendations for health care professionals about the diagnosis and evaluation of a simple febrile seizure in infants and young children 6 through 60 months of age and to revise the practice guideline published by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in 1996. METHODS: This review included search and analysis of the medical literature published since ...