title: [Use of diazepam in the preventive home treatment of recurrent febrile convulsions].
abstract: Parents with children who had presented with a simple febrile convulsion were advised to give their children rectal diazepam, in case of fever. The results (21 families with an average follow-up of 2 years) were compared with those in two groups of controls. The efficacy and inocuousness of prophylactic treatment are remarkable. However, its indication should be more precisely stated, after a better information of families and practitioners, since the expected effect on familial apprehension was not satisfactorily obtained.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003975:Diazepam / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012007:Rectum; D012008:Recurrence; D003294:Seizures, Febrile / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D003975:Diazepam
vernacular_title: Utilisation du diazépam dans le traitement préventif à domicile des récidives de convulsions fébriles.