Reducing unnecessary investigations in pediatric simple febrile and first-episode generalized unprovoked seizures
Do children older than 6 months with a simple febrile seizure or first-episode unprovoked generalized seizure require urgent investigations (blood work or neuroimaging)? New-onset unprovoked seizures may be the first presentation of an epilepsy syndrome or may represent an isolated event in
Authors
- Michèl A.A.P. Willemsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7860-7791)
- Katie Gardner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7176-2059)
- Deborah Schonfeld (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6857-6212)
- Olivia Ostrow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6440-6582)
Institutions
- Dalhousie University (CA)
- Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
- Hospital for Sick Children (CA)
- Radboud University Medical Center (NL)
- Amalia Kinderziekenhuis (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Canadian Family Physician
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.46747/cfp.7109563
- Primary Topic
- Epilepsy research and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00