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Learn the definition, causes, features, and management of febrile seizures with this set of flashcards. Test your knowledge with 22 terms and examples of simple and complex febrile seizures.
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Sep 13, 2023 · Febrile seizures are convulsions that occur in a child who is between six months and five years of age and has a temperature greater than 100.4ºF (38ºC). The majority of febrile seizures occur in children between 12 and 18 months of age. Febrile seizures occur in 2 to 4 percent of children younger than five years old.
Febrile seizures are seizures that occur in neurologically normal children 6 months to 5 years of age with fever > 38 ° C that is not caused by a central nervous system infection and who have no previous afebrile seizures.
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