title: [Febrile seizures].
abstract: The febrile seizures (FS) of the child are frequent. Their management is essentially based on the rigorous analysis of their characteristics, the clinical evaluation of the patient like on the collection of the family antecedents. In the case of "simple" FS, the forecast, always favourable, reduce the indications of assessment or treatment, including under possible repetitions. The possibility of an infection of the central nervous system must however always be isolated. In the case of "complicated" FS, the more important risk of later epilepsy makes often necessary of complementary explorations, as well as a treatment. Genetic predispositions were highlighted. In the case of a favourable forecast, contrast always large between the benignity of the FS and the parental dramatic experience. It must be taken into account in the evaluation and the choice of the therapeutic attitude.
authors.affiliation: Urgences pédiatriques médicochirurgicales, CHU de Bordeaux, hôpital Pellegrin, place Amélie-Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux, France. laurence.pedespan@chu-bordeaux.fr
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pedespan
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012306:Risk; D012307:Risk Factors; D055502:Secondary Prevention; D003294:Seizures, Febrile / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants