Predictors of Recurrent Febrile Seizures

Abstract

The results of 14 published reports were analyzed to evaluate the strength of association between proposed risk factors and recurrence of febrile seizures in a metaanalytic review from the Departments of Pediatrics and Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Montefiore Medical Center, The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York; and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY.

Keywords

• metaanalytic review
• pediatrics and epidemiology
• anticonvulsant prophylaxis