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Febrile Convulsion
Febrile Convulsion
Febrile Convulsion
CLASSIFICATION(CLINICAL PRESENTATION)
AETIOLOGY
RISK FACTORS
EVALUATION
INVESTIGATION
TREATMENT
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
PROGNOSIS
CONCLUSION
Febrile convulsions are events that occur
between the age of 3months to 5 years with a
temperature of 38° C or higher not caused by
an infection of the central nervous system,
without previous neonatal seizures or a
previous unprovoked seizure and not meeting
the criteria for other acute symptomatic
seizures.
3-6% of children < 5yrs in the tropics
2-4% of children < 5 years of age in US
Incidence as high as 15% in some populations
Peak occurrence is in children 18 - 24 months of age
Majority (65 to 90%) of these are simple febrile seizures
sex: male=female
SIMPLE FEBRILE SEIZURES
Lasts less than 15 minutes
Occurs once in a 24-hour period
Generalized tonic- clonic seizure
Do not have an increased risk of mortality.
FBC, Malaria