1043-3155 Pediatr Neurol Briefs pedneurbriefs Pediatr Neurol Briefs Pediatric Neurology Briefs Pediatr Neurol Briefs 2166-6482 1043-3155 2166-3155 Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers Chicago, IL, USA PNB-12-45-b 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-12-6-9 Seizure Disorders Neurology Pediatrics Nervous System Diseases Child Development Brain Diseases Neurosurgery Child Infant Cognitive and Behavioral Outcomes of Febrile Seizures http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0173-7931 Millichap J. Gordon MD 1 2 * Division of Neurology, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL Correspondence: Dr. J. Gordon Millichap, E-mail: jgmillichap@northwestern.edu 06 1998 01 05 2016 12 6 45 46 Copyright: © 1998 The Author(s) 1998 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Long-term intellectual and behavioral outcomes of children with febrile convulsions

Of approximately 14,000 children enrolled in a British Child Health and Education Study, 398 identified with febrile convulsions (FC) were assessed at age 10 years at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, and the University of Bristol, UK.

 Febrile Convulsions Intelligence Febrile Seizures

Of approximately 14,000 children enrolled in a British Child Health and Education Study, 398 identified with febrile convulsions (FC) were assessed at age 10 years at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, and the University of Bristol, UK. Measures of academic progress, intelligence, and behavior in the FC patients were not significantly different from controls without FC. Patients with simple FC (287) and complex FC (94) showed similar results. The outcomes in those with recurrent FC and those with a single seizure were similar. Children with FCs in the first year of life required special schooling more often than those with late-onset FCs (7.5% cf 1.5%). [1]

COMMENT. Febrile convulsions do not impair academic progress, intellect, and behavior in patients followed and tested at 10 years of age. Children with complex febrile seizures have the same cognitive and behavioral outcome as those with simple febrile seizures. These UK results are similar to those of the prospective US National Collaborative Perinatal Project that found similar IQ levels in FC and seizure-free siblings at 7 year follow-up. They differ from studies showing associations between FCs and attention deficit hyperactivity disorders and learning disabilities.

Verity CM Greenwood R Golding J Long-term intellectual and behavioral outcomes of children with febrile convulsions N Engl J Med 1998 Jun 11 338 24 1723 8 9624192 10.1056/NEJM199806113382403