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RCPCH guideline appraisal on EEG after first seizure
  1. C D Ferrie,
  2. J H Livingston,
  3. M A Clarke
  1. Department of Paediatric Neurology, Clarendon Wing, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds LS2 9NS, UK; colin.ferrie@leedsth.nhs.uk

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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 …

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