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Convulsions
Convulsions (or fits or seizures) are symptoms of abnormal brain function. With the exception of very young children and the elderly, the cause of the abnormal brain function is usually not identifiable.
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Reviewed August 2011
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| Title: | Febrile convulsions - fits caused by fever |
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| Publisher: | Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia) |
| Description: | Febrile convulsions are common. A febrile convulsion is a convulsion or fit that occurs when a child has a fever. |
| Date: | Nov 2011 |
| Title: | Antiepileptic drugs for the primary and secondary prevention of seizures after intracranial venous thrombosis |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Use of antiepileptic drugs may prevent seizures after blood clots block a vein or venous sinus (venous thrombosis) in the brain, in the immediate phase and in the long term. There is currently, however, no evidence from randomised controlled trials to s... |
| Date: | Nov 2011 |
| Title: | Antiepileptic drugs for treating seizures in adults with brain tumours |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Seizures are a common symptom of both primary and secondary brain tumours and can cause significant morbidity. The mainstay of treatment for seizures in adults with brain tumours is medical therapy with antiepileptic drugs. This review appraises the evi... |
| Date: | Jul 2011 |
| Title: | Convulsions in babies and children |
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| Publisher: | Raising Children Network (RCN) |
| Description: | A guide to recognising, preventing and treating convulsions in young children. |
| Date: | Jun 2011 |
| Title: | Seasonal influenza vaccines |
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| Publisher: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing |
| Description: | The approved indication for each seasonal influenza vaccine and the recommendations for their use in children. |
| Date: | Nov 2011 |
| Title: | Fever - children |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | A fever happens when the body's temperature is higher than normal because of an infection or virus. Fever in children is not usually serious, although it can sometimes cause fits or seizures, known as febrile convulsions. |
| Date: | May 2011 |
| Title: | Analysis of febrile convulsions following immunisation in children following monovalent pandemic H1N1 vaccine (Panvax/Panvax Junior, CSL) |
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| Publisher: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing |
| Description: | In April 2010, an ATAGI-TGA joint working group was established to provide advice to the Chief Medical Officer on adverse events following the 2010 trivalent seasonal influenza vaccine (TIV). In September 2010, this group was reconvened to re-examine the rate of febrile convulsions following administration of the monovalent pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine, Panvax/Panvax Junior (CSL) in young children. |
| Date: | Sep 2010 |
| Title: | Magnesium sulphate versus lytic cocktail for eclampsia |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Magnesium sulphate performs better than lytic cocktail in preventing maternal deaths, further fits, respiratory depression, coma and pneumonia for pregnant women with eclampsia. Pre-eclampsia, also known as toxaemia, is a condition which leads to high b... |
| Date: | Jul 2010 |
| Title: | Fever - febrile convulsions |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | A febrile convulsion is a fit or seizure that occurs in children when they have a high fever. A febrile convulsion is not epilepsy and does not cause brain damage. |
| Date: | Apr 2010 |
| Title: | Antiepileptic drugs for the primary and secondary prevention of seizures after stroke |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Seizures (epileptic attacks) after stroke are a major clinical problem. It is unclear whether antiepileptic drugs are effective in preventing seizures after stroke. This Cochrane review did not find any high quality clinical trials that have assessed wh... |
| Date: | Nov 2009 |
| Title: | Temperatures and febrile convulsions in children - myDr.com.au |
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| Publisher: | myDr |
| Description: | A raised temperature (fever) is a common event in childhood, but there are some steps that can help. |
| Date: | Oct 2008 |
| Title: | Antiepileptic drugs for preventing seizures in people with brain tumors |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Up to 60% of people with brain tumors may present with seizures, or may have a seizure for the first time after diagnosis or neurosurgery. The risk of a seizure varies with the tumor type and its location in the brain. Seizures are an added burden with ... |
| Date: | Feb 2008 |
| Title: | Febrile fits - myDr.com.au |
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| Publisher: | myDr |
| Description: | Febrile fits are fairly common in children. About 3 to 4 per cent of all children have had a febrile fit before the age of 5 years. |
| Date: | Dec 2007 |
| Title: | Treatment of infantile spasms |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | The optimum treatment for infantile spasms has yet to be proven with confidence, in part because of the different objectives of existing studies. However, some useful conclusions can be drawn from current evidence. Infantile spasms is a rare seizure dis... |
| Date: | Nov 2007 |
| Title: | Routine anticonvulsants for treating cerebral malaria |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Cerebral malaria is a common complication of Plasmodium falciparum infection, and kills over a million people every year. People with cerebral malaria become unconscious, and often have protracted convulsions. It is unclear whether giving anticonvulsant drugs routinely to people with cerebral malaria will improve the outcome of treatment and prevent death. |
| Title: | Anticonvulsants for neonates with seizures |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Neonatal seizures are a common problem and most neonates with seizures are treated with anticonvulsants. There is wide variation in clinical practice in both diagnosis and treatment of such seizures and this reflects the lack of clear evidence of the relative benefit and harm of the anticonvulsants used. |
| Title: | Febrile convulsions |
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| Publisher: | Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW) |
| Description: | A febrile convulsion is a common medical condition. Approximately three percent of children aged 6 months to 6 years have a convulsion when they have a fever or high temperature. |
| Date: | Aug 2001 |
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