Aim: Food insecurity status was evaluated in the cases diagnosed with febrile convulsions (FC) and whether food a risk factor FC investigated. Materials Methods: A questionnaire consisting of 18 questions applied to parents 40 patients who were order determine (Study group). The admitted general pediatric outpatient clinic included study as control group. Results: statistically significant diff...

how to cite this article: ghasemi f, valizadeh f, taee n. iron-deficiency anemia in children with febrile seizure: a case-control study. iran j child neurol. 2014 spring 8(2):38-44. objective considering the recurrence of febrile seizure and costs for families, many studies have attempted to identify its risk factors. some recent studies have reported that anemia is more common in children with...

Febrile convulsion are seizures due to an increase in body temperature (the rectal is usually more than 38oC) the cause extracranial process. According World Health Organization (WHO) research conducted by Paudel (2018), it estimated that world 21.65 million children have fever and 216,000 die. The problem arises hyperthermia, one way overcome use a warm compress using lemongrass boiled water l...

Background and Objectives:    Febrile convulsion is one of the most common types of seizure in childhood. Its pathogenesis is unknown, so studying its cause is valuable. The purpose of this study was to determine the serum level of zinc and magnesium in children withfebrileconvulsion (F.C) (3 months to 6 years age). Patients and Methods: In this analytical case-control study, serum le...

conclusions the highest frequency of fc was seen in younger than 20-month-old children. except for the lower incidence of positive history of prematurity and higher prevalence of gastroenteritis, results of the present study are relatively similar to other studies. patients and methods in this cross-sectional study, the patients with diagnosis of febrile seizure were the target population. we o...

To the Editors, I read with interest the article by Vahidnia and colleagues regarding the risk of febrile convulsions among children whose mothers smoked cigarettes and/or drank alcohol during pregnancy. Maternal smoking has been linked to multiple adverse outcomes both in pregnant mothers and in their infants. Vahidnia et al. add to the existing evidence that in utero cigarette smoke exposure ...

how to cite this article : salehiomran mr, hoseini sm, ghabeli juibary a. intermittent diazepam versus continuous phenobarbital to prevent recurrence of febrile seizures: a randomized controlled trial. iran j child neurol. winter 2016;10(1):21-24. abstract objective febrile seizure is the most common neurologic problem in children between 3 months to 5 years old. two to five percent of children...