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Question: Among young children who present to the emergency department with a complex febrile seizure, what is the rate of acute bacterial meningitis?
Question type: Diagnosis
Study design: Retrospective cohort study
To determine the rate of acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) among children presenting to the emergency department (ED) with a complex febrile seizure (CFS), investigators from the Children’s Hospital Boston conducted a retrospective cohort study. Medical records were reviewed for children ages 6 to 60 months who were evaluated in the ED after a first CFS from 1995 to 2008. A CFS was defined as a seizure with any of the following features: duration >15 minutes, focal motor …
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