Febrile seizures (FS)

Evidence-based neurology checklist on febrile seizures (fs): Risk factors Dravet syndrome Genetic epilepsy with febrile seizures + (GEFS+) Conjugated pneumococcal vaccine Iron deficiency anaemia Male sex Preterm birth Low birth weight Perinatal brain injury Infections Low magnesium Diagnostic…

Risk factors

  • Dravet syndrome
  • Genetic epilepsy with febrile seizures + (GEFS+)
  • Conjugated pneumococcal vaccine
  • Iron deficiency anaemia
  • Male sex
  • Preterm birth
  • Low birth weight
  • Perinatal brain injury
  • Infections
  • Low magnesium

Diagnostic criteria

Types

Criteria for complex FS

Recurrent FS: epidemiology

Recurrent FS: risk factors

Risk factors for progression to epilepsy

Investigations

Treatment

References

  1. Capovilla G, Mastrangelo M, Romeo A, Vigevano F. Recommendations for the management of "febrile seizures": Ad Hoc Task Force of LICE Guidelines Commission. Epilepsia 2009; 50(Suppl 1):2-6. 
  2. Patel N, Ram D, Swiderska N, Mewasingh LD, Newton RW, Offringa M. Febrile seizures. BMJ 2015; 351:h4240.
  3. Camfield P, Camfield C. Febrile seizures and genetic epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS+). Epileptic Disord 2015; 17:124-133. 
  4. Duffy J, Weintraub E, Hambidge SJ, et al. Febrile seizure risk after vaccination in children 6 to 23 months. Pediatrics 2016; 138: pii: e20160320.
  5. Kwak BO, Kim K, Kim SN, Lee R. Relationship between iron deficiency anemia and febrile seizures in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Seizure 2017; 52:27-34. 
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