title: EEG for children with complex febrile seizures.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This is an updated version of original Cochrane review published in Issue 1, 2014.Febrile seizures can be classified as simple or complex. Complex febrile seizures are associated with fever that lasts longer than 15 minutes, occur more than once within 24 hours and are confined to one side of the child's body. It is common in some countries for doctors to recommend an electroencephalograph (EEG) for children with complex febrile seizures. A limited evidence base is available to support the use of EEG and its timing after complex febrile seizures among children.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To assess the use of EEG and its timing after complex febrile seizures in children younger than five years of age.
  
  
  METHODS
  For the latest update of this review, we searched the Cochrane Epilepsy Group Specialized Register (6 July 2015), the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL, 2005, Issue 6), MEDLINE (6 July 2015) and ClinicalTrials.gov (6 July 2015). We applied no language restrictions.
  
  
  METHODS
  All randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that examined the utility of an EEG and its timing after complex febrile seizures in children.
  
  
  METHODS
  Review authors selected and retrieved the articles and independently assessed which articles should be included. We resolved disagreements by discussion and by consultation with the Cochrane Epilepsy Group. We applied standard methodological procedures expected by Cochrane.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 37 potentially eligible studies, no RCTs met the inclusion criteria.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We found no RCTs as evidence to support or refute the use of EEG and its timing after complex febrile seizures among children. An RCT can be planned in such a way that participants are randomly assigned to the EEG group and to the non-EEG group with sufficient sample size. Since the last version of this review, we found no new studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Sri. Ramachandra University, Ramachandra Nagar, Porur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, 600116.
authors.forename: Pankaj B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Saji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: James
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Elayaraja
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D003294:Seizures, Febrile; D013997:Time Factors