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dc.contributor.authorSrinivasan, Jayasrien
dc.contributor.authorWallace, Katherine Aen
dc.contributor.authorScheffer, Ingrid Een
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-15T23:22:50Z
dc.date.available2015-05-15T23:22:50Z
dc.date.issued2005-12-01en
dc.identifier.citationAustralian Family Physician; 34(12): 1021-5en
dc.identifier.govdoc16333484en
dc.identifier.otherPUBMEDen
dc.identifier.urihttps://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/10049en
dc.description.abstractFebrile convulsions, or febrile seizures, are frequently encountered in paediatrics, and despite often being self limiting, these seizures strike fear in the hearts of patients' carers.This article reviews the assessment and management of febrile seizures in children.The initial assessment of a child who convulses with fever should be directed at finding a cause for the fever, rather than the seizure itself, once the seizure has abated. A lumbar puncture should be performed if there is clinical suspicion of meningitis. Electroencephalograms and neuroimaging studies are not routinely indicated. Overall, febrile seizures carry a good prognosis, although one-third of children have recurrent attacks. Febrile seizures are genetic in origin. The risk of later epilepsy is small but increased if the child has a complex febrile seizure, neurological deficit, or a family history of epilepsy. Carers should be counselled in the management of seizures. The effectiveness of prophylactic treatment with medication remains controversial.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subject.otherAnticonvulsants.therapeutic useen
dc.subject.otherChild, Preschoolen
dc.subject.otherElectroencephalographyen
dc.subject.otherFamily Practice.methodsen
dc.subject.otherHumansen
dc.subject.otherInfanten
dc.subject.otherRecurrenceen
dc.subject.otherRisk Assessment.methodsen
dc.subject.otherSeizures, Febrile.diagnosis.therapyen
dc.subject.otherSpinal Punctureen
dc.subject.otherTreatment Outcomeen
dc.titleFebrile seizures.en
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.journaltitleAustralian Family Physicianen
dc.identifier.affiliationAustin Health and Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria.en
dc.description.pages1021-5en
dc.relation.urlhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16333484en
dc.type.austinJournal Articleen
local.name.researcherScheffer, Ingrid E
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crisitem.author.deptEpilepsy Research Centre-
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