Genetics
Genes could help drive febrile convulsions in kids
(HealthDay)—It's frightening to see your child have a fever-related (febrile) seizure, but researchers are learning more about who's more susceptible.
Jan 27, 2022
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News tagged with convulsions
Neuroscience
Repeated febrile convulsions linked to epilepsy and psychiatric disorders
The risk of febrile convulsions increases with a child's fever, and approximately four per cent of Danish children suffer from febrile convulsions. A study from the Danish National Centre for Register-based Research and the ...
Oct 15, 2019
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Neuroscience
Seizure study sheds light on lasting brain effects in children
Prolonged convulsive seizures in childhood could be linked to the development of other brain conditions, a study suggests.
Dec 6, 2017
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Neuroscience
After a clinical trial on Midazolam for seizures, emergency use of the drug rises
For status epilepticus patients who experience seizures outside of the hospital, treatment administered on an ambulance is an important component of their overall care.
Mar 23, 2017
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Cardiology
Induced hypothermia futile in convulsive status epilepticus
(HealthDay)—For critically ill patients with convulsive status epilepticus, hypothermia added to standard care is not associated with a significant improvement in good functional outcome at 90 days, according to a study ...
Dec 23, 2016
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Neuroscience
New guideline for treatment of prolonged seizures in children and adults
Status epilepticus - continuous or rapid sequential seizure activity for 30 minutes or more - is a medical emergency with a high mortality rate in both children and adults. Prompt and effective treatment is key; therefore ...
Feb 9, 2016
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Neuroscience
Breakthrough study sheds new light on best medication for children with seizures
A recently published clinical study in the Journal of the American Medical Association has answered an urgent question that long puzzled ER pediatricians: Is the drug lorazepam really safer and more effective than diazepam ...
Jun 11, 2014
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Neuroscience
Study examines effectiveness of medications for treating epileptic seizures in children
Although some studies have suggested that the drug lorazepam may be more effective or safer than the drug diazepam in treating a type of epileptic seizures among children, a randomized trial finds that lorazepam is not better ...
Apr 22, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Developmental delays in children following prolonged seizures
Researchers from the UK determined that developmental delays are present in children within six weeks following convulsive status epilepticus (CSE)—a seizure lasting longer than thirty minutes. The study appearing today ...
Apr 8, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Experts sound global alert over deadly bat virus
Experts on infectious diseases Thursday warned people to stay away from bats worldwide after the recent death of an eight-year-old boy bitten in Australia.
Mar 21, 2013
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