Lumbar puncture following febrile convulsion
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Lumbar puncture following febrile convulsion.
uch of the medicine we practice is enshrined in dogma. The management of children following febrile seizures is no exception. Every 5–10 years, the value and need for various investigations or treatment has been revisited in the medical press. However , despite the commonness of this clinical problem, consensus over management remains elusive. In particular, the need for lumbar puncture followi...
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تشنج تب خیر شایع ترین نوع تشنج در دوران کودکی است. این بیماری خوش خیم، معمولا باعث عوارض ناخوشایند ذهنی و عصبی در کودک نمی گردد، ولی در یک سوم از موارد آن، احتمال عود تشنج وجود دارد. البته سابقه مثبت فامیلی در 25 تا 40% کودکان با تشنج تب خیز موجود می باشد. با اینحال احتمال تبدیل شدن به صرع در آینده بسیار اندک است.ارزیابی اولیه کودک می بایستی پس از قطع تشنج، عمدتا بررسی جهت علت تب در کودک انجام ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.87.3.238