RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Effect of fever on recurrence rate of febrile convulsions.
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 869
OP 870
DO 10.1136/adc.64.6.869
VO 64
IS 6
A1 A S el-Radhi
A1 S Banajeh
YR 1989
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/64/6/869.abstract
AB We studied 154 children admitted consecutively with their first febrile convulsion to assess the influence of the temperature on the recurrence rate of convulsions. Those with temperatures of 40 degrees C or more were nine times less likely to have subsequent convulsions than those with temperatures of 38-38.9 degrees C.