Temperature, Age, and Febrile Seizure Recurrence

Abstract

Factors that predict recurrence of a seizure during a subsequent fever episode were studied in 230 children included in a randomized placebo controlled trial of ibuprofen prophylaxis treatment at the Sophia and Juliana Children's Hospitals, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Keywords

• febrile seizure
• threshold convulsive temperature
• electrolyte imbalance