A systematic review found that intermittent diazepam and continuous phenobarbitone reduce the recurrence of febrile seizures in children, but the drugs have mild-to-moderate adverse effects. Because ...

Background and aim: The strength of evidence-based recommendation on febrile seizures (FS) suggests the opportunity to check the current state of knowledge and behaviour on FS among health care ...

Researchers sought to estimate the risk for recurrent febrile seizures and whether there is an association between recurrent febrile seizures and the development of epilepsy, psychiatric disorders, ...

OSLO, Norway — Recurrent febrile seizures in children are associated with a higher risk of psychiatric disorders and epilepsy in later life, new research shows. Danish investigators found the 30-year ...

To stratify the risk of future epilepsy, physicians have historically used lumbar puncture, neuroimaging, and electroencephalography in these patients. Four predictors of future epilepsy in children ...

When a high fever triggers seizures in a child, the experience can be very scary for the parents, but most of the time, the seizures will resolve on their own. Febrile seizures are convulsions that ...

In a recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine, researchers investigated the incidence of febrile seizures (FS) among severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ...

When a child has a fever, their body can ache, they are restless and they just don't feel well. While a fever is a part of our natural response to infection, the fever itself can lead to complications ...

The first seizure clinic model enabled rapid diagnosis and treatment for children with epilepsy, according to data presented ...

Fever in children is a common problem seen daily in almost any busy office practice. In fact, some studies estimate that up to a third of office visits for children in the United States are the result ...