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Question: Is mortality increased in children with febrile seizures?
Question type: Prognosis
Study design: Retrospective case-control nested cohort study
To determine if mortality is increased in children with a history of febrile seizures, investigators from Denmark and the University of California, Los Angeles, reviewed data from a cohort of singleton infants born in Denmark between 1977 and 2004 who survived the first three months of life (N=1,675,643).
Data collected in the study included mortality, time since the initial febrile seizure in children who died, type of seizures, neurological abnormalities, epilepsy, sex, age, and cause of death. Febrile seizures were coded as simple if they lasted no more than 15 minutes and did not recur within …
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