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.
Highlights
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
Young age at onset and a family history of febrile seizures each distinguished between groups with approximately a 30% versus a 50% risk of recurrence
One of five indications for anticonvulsant prophylaxis as defined by the 1980 NIH Consensus Developmental Conference was consistently predictive of a recurrence of febrile seizures
Summary
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. Young age at onset (less than one year) and a family history of febrile seizures each distinguished between groups with approximately a 30% versus a 50% risk of recurrence.
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