title: The best time for EEG recording in febrile seizure.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Some studies suggest that detection of epileptic discharge is unusual during the first postictal week of febrile seizure and others believe that EEGs carried out on the day of the seizure are abnormal in as many as 88% of the patients. In this study, we intend to compare early and late EEG abnormalities in febrile seizure.
  
  
  METHODS
  EEG was recorded during daytime sleep, 24-48 hours (early EEG) and 2 weeks (late EEG) after the seizure in 36 children with febrile seizure (FS), aged between 3 months and 6 years. EEGs that showed generalized or focal spikes, sharp, spike wave complex, and slowing were considered as abnormal EEG. Abnormalities of the first EEG were compared with those of second EEG.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The most common abnormal epileptiform discharges recorded in the early EEG were slow waves (27.6%) and sharp waves in late EEG (36%). Distribution of abnormalities in early and late EEG showed no significant statistical difference.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The early and late EEG recording had the same results in patient with febrile seizure.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Neurology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBMU), Tehran, Iran ; Pediatric Neurology Excellence Center, Pediatric Neurology Department, Mofid Children Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBMU), Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Parvaneh
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Karimzadeh
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Neurology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBMU), Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Alireza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rezayi
authors.affiliation: Neurology Department, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mansoureh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Togha
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Neurology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBMU), Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Farzad
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ahmadabadi
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Emergency Department, Mofid Children's Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Hojjat
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Derakhshanfar
authors.affiliation: Social Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Eznollah
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Azargashb
authors.affiliation: Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Esfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Fatemeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Khodaei
keywords: Complex; Electroencephalography; Epileptiform discharges; Febrile seizures; Simple