Febrile convulsions and anticonvulsant therapy

Febrile convulsions: intellectual progress in relation to anticonvulsant therapy and to recurrence of fits.

Febrile Convulsions

DEFINITION OF SIMPLE FEBRILE CONVULSIONS In order to appreciate current concepts of febrile convulsions, it is important to consider briefly some of the views expressed by earlier investigators. One of the earliest references to the condition is that of Husler (1921) who stated that febrile convulsions were not related to epilepsy. Faxen (1935) and Herlitz (1942) both agreed that children with ...

Viruses and febrile convulsions.

In 276 children admitted to hospital with febrile convulsions a wide range of virus types was identified by means of nasopharyngeal secretions and cough/nasal swabs. The overall virus identification rate was 49%. Analysis of age, sex, family history, and past history showed no marked differences between the virus-positive and the virus-negative children. More than 80% had symptoms of respirator...

Influenza virus and febrile convulsions.

To the Editor—Recently, Kawada et al. [1] described systemic cytokine responses in infants and children with influenza-associated encephalopathy and febrile convulsions (FCs). The authors suggested that the pathogenesis of FCs is similar to that of encephalopathy and that the differentiation of encephalopathy and complex FCs may be difficult. The mechanism of FCs is a controversial topic, and t...

Pre-eclampsia and febrile convulsions.

An association between pre-eclampsia and febrile convulsions has been reported, but the association may not be causal. We compared the risk of febrile convulsions in 14 974 children who had been exposed to pre-eclampsia in fetal life with that of 39 210 unexposed children. Children exposed to pre-eclampsia had a slightly increased risk of febrile convulsions, but the association was apparently ...