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Background Febrile seizures occurring in a child older than one month during an episode of
fever affect 2‐4% of children in Great Britain and the United States and recur in 30%. Rapid …

Febrile seizures are the most common seizure disorder in childhood, affecting 2–5% of
children. Simple febrile seizure is defined as a short (< 15 min) generalized seizure, not …

Objective Epilepsy following febrile seizures (FS) has been estimated between 2% and 7%.
It concerns a prospective study in a large sample of children with a long‐term follow‐up. The …

Purpose. Many factors have been studied as potential predictors of recurrent febrile seizures
(FS), however the available data in literature are inconsistent. The aim of the present paper …

Febrile seizures are the most common type of childhood seizures, affecting 2% to 5% of
children. A complex febrile seizure is one with focal onset, one that occurs more than once …

Background Febrile seizures can be classified as simple or complex. Complex febrile
seizures are associated with fever that lasts longer than 15 minutes, occur more than once …

Background Febrile seizures (FS) are typically observed in infants and children affecting 2–
5% of the pediatric population and are the commonest seizures in childhood. Objectives The …

Executive summary Deaths of children in hospital often occur within the first 24 h of
admission. Many of these deaths could be prevented if very sick children were identified and …

Methods A retrospective study was made of 680 patients with FC who presented to our
hospital. Patients with only FC were defined as group 1 and those who developed epilepsy …