febrile seizure
Conditions
Interventions
rectal acetaminophen (10mg/ kg) every 6 hours until 24 hours after the onset of febrile seizure
without any other antipyretic 24 hours after febrile seizure
Sponsors
Department of Pediatrics, Hirakata City Hospital 2-14-1 Kinya-honmachi, Hirakata, Osaka 573-1013, Japan Tel: +81-72-847-2821; Fax: +81-72-847-2825
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Children and infants who come to emergency room of Hirakata City Hospital with febrile seizures between May 1, 2015, and April 30, 2018, were considered for inclusion in the study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1)Patients with seizure over 15 minutes were excluded from the study as status epilepticus. 2)Patients with diarrhea were excluded because it is difficult to put suppositories and other pathologies may be involved such as convulsion with mild gastroenteritis . 3)Patients with epilepsy, chromosomal abnormality, inherited metabolic diseases, brain tumor, cerebral hemorrhage, hydrocephalus, and those with a history of intracranial surgery were excluded. 4)Patients who were used to prevent febrile seizuress with diazepam suppository were excluded. 5)Patients take antihistamine that may increase seizure susceptibility in patients with febrile seizures were also excluded.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The outcome is the recurrece of febrile seizure in the same fever episode. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactShinya Murata
Hirakata City Hospital Department of Pediatrics
Outcome results
None listed