background: febrile convulsion (fc) is one of the most common causes of seizure in children. oral diazepam or oral midazolam are two mostly recommended drugs for fc prevention, but the effectiveness of these drugs remains controversial. prophylactic use of oral anticonvulsant drugs is thus a questionable practice. this study was carried out to compare the effect of using different diazepam dose...

PURPOSE There is wide variation in the reported recurrence rate after a first unprovoked seizure in children. We investigated the risk of recurrence after a first unprovoked seizure in Jordanian children and the risk factors associated with increased recurrence rate. METHODS All consecutive patients aged 3 months-14 years who presented with their first unprovoked seizures between January 1997...

The aim of this study was to assess the number of fever episodes as a risk factor for febrile seizure recurrence during the first 6 months after the last previous febrile seizure. In a 6-month follow-up study of 155 children, aged 3 months to 5 y, with a first or a recurrent febrile seizure, the occurrence of fever episodes and febrile seizure recurrences was prospectively documented. Using log...

objective febrile convulsions are prevalent in children aged between 9 months and 5 years, with an incidence of 2-5%. on the other hand, iron deficiency anemia is the most common hematologic disease of infancy and childhood with a period of incidence that coincides with the time of developing febrile convulsions. therefore, it is hypothesized that there is a possible association between these c...

PURPOSE The role of EEG after a first seizure has been debated. Epileptiform EEG activity is a good predictor of seizure recurrence, but is reported in only 8-50% of first-seizure adult patients. Even if the EEG is abnormal, the opinions about treatment after a first seizure differ. The role of EEG in treatment decisions after remission or recurrence is also unclear. This study aims to identify...

Acquired epilepsy (i.e., after an insult to the brain) is often considered to be a progressive disorder, and the nature of this hypothetical progression remains controversial. Antiepileptic drug treatment necessarily confounds analyses of progressive changes in human patients with acquired epilepsy. Here, we describe experiments testing the hypothesis that development of acquired epilepsy begin...

post-traumatic epileptic seizure is a common complication of brain trauma including military injuries. we present clinical characteristics and correlates of post-traumatic epilepsy in 163 head-injured veterans suffering from intractable epilepsy due to blunt or penetrating head injuries sustained during the iraq-iran war. the medical records of 163 war veterans who were admitted by the epilepsy...

A 48-year-old woman with a history only of chronic sinus symptoms presented with her first seizure. Coworkers witnessed a staring spell and speech interruption for approximately 30 seconds followed by a generalized convulsion lasting 2 minutes. After brief postictal confusion, her neurologic examination was normal. Laboratory studies showed no abnormalities. There were no identifiable provoking...

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