Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu khoa học ngành y học tạp chí Medical Sciences dành cho các bạn sinh viên ngành y tham khảo đề tài: Comment on Childhood Febrile Seizures: Overview and Implications by Tonia Jones and Steven J. Jacobsen. | Int. J. Med. Sci. 2007 4 247 International Journal of Medical Sciences ISSN 1449-1907 2007 4 5 247-248 Ivyspring International Publisher. All rights reserved Letter to the editor Comment on Childhood Febrile Seizures Overview and Implications by Tonia Jones and Steven J. Jacobsen Efterpi Pavlidou and Christos P. Panteliadis Paediatric Department Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Greece Correspondence to Dr. Christos P. Panteliadis Professor of Paediatric Neurology Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Vas. Olgas 97 Thessaloniki Greece Tel-Fax 30 2310 854429. Email cpantel@ Received Accepted Published Reading the review article Childhood Febrile Seizures Overview and Implications by Jones and Jacobsen that was recently published in International Journal of Medical Sciences Int J Med Sci 2007 4 110-114 http we noticed some points which we believe are worth mentioning. Additionally we would like to report our own data from a large prospective study with a long-term follow up. The authors make a brief reference to the predictors of febrile seizure FS recurrence however they do not distinguish between the first recurrence and further ones. In our recently published study we identified not only the prognostic factors for the first recurrence but also for further ones. Statistical analysis showed as significant prognostic factors for the first recurrence of FS low age at onset 18 months low duration of fever 12 hours height of fever up to recurrence within the same febrile illness neurological abnormalities family history of FS and particularly maternal preponderance. The latter one is an extremely strong prognostic marker for the first time mentioned in literature. Prognostic factors for the second or further recurrences revealed that the factors retaining their prognostic value were family history of FS and low age at onset. The rest factors lost their power for the .
