Making febrile seizures simple (S2 Ep. 20)
Whatever your social life looks like when you go home, I want you to know how important your work in pediatrics is to so many children! Fever is common, the presentation is simple, and this episode reinforces the management of simple febrile seizures according to the 2011 AAP guidelines. References: (AAP), Subcommittee on Febrile Seizures, American Academy of Pediatrics. (2011). Neurodiagnostic evaluation of the child with a simple febrile seizure. Pediatrics, 127(2), 389-394. Abolfazl, N.-Z., Francois, D., Valerie, H., Pruvost, I., Bennour, A., & Martinot, A. (2013). Risk of bacterial meningitis in young children with a first seizure in the context of fever: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PloS one, 8(1), 55270. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055270 Natsume, J., Hamano, S.-I., Iyoda, K., Kanemura, H., Kubota, M., Mimaki, M., . . . Sugie, H. (2017). New guidelines for management of febrile seizures in Japan. Brain & development, 39(1), 2-9. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.braindev.2016.06.003 Seattle Children’s Hospital. (2019). Febrile seizure: Acute presentation v2.0. Retrieved online from https://www.seattlechildrens.org/pdf/febrile-seizures-pathway.pdf.