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Letter
RCPCH guideline appraisal on EEG after first seizure
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A recent RCPCH guideline appraisal asserted: “There is no need for an EEG following a first simple afebrile seizure”.1 This is puzzling. A “simple afebrile seizure” is not an entity recognised in the ILAE diagnostic scheme.2 More importantly, we disagree both with the recommendation and the contention that it is based on grade B evidence.
The recommendation is principally based on …