Lumbar Puncture for First Simple Febrile Seizure

Abstract

Compliance with American Academy of Pediatrics consensus statement recommendations regarding lumbar puncture for infants 6-18 months of age with a first simple febrile seizure was investigated by a retrospective review of 704 infants evaluated in the pediatric emergency medicine division at Children’s Hospital Boston, MA, Oct 1995-Oct 2006.

Keywords

• pleocytosis
• bacterial meningitis
• febrile seizure