Febrile seizures : new concepts and consequences

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baram, Tallie Z., editor.

Shinnar, S. (Shlomo), 1950- editor.

Stafstrom, Carl Ernest, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Febrile convulsions.

Seizures, Febrile.

Fever--complications.

Medical Subjects:

Seizures, Febrile.

Fever--complications.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 353 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

Second edition / edited by Tallie Z. Baram, Shlomo Shinnar, Carl E. Stafstrom

Place of Publication:

London, United Kingdom ; San Diego, CA, United States : Academic Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Febrile seizures are the most common seizures in infants and children worldwide, This fact provides strong impetus to study and understand them and their consequences, and consider their treatment. These topics were the focus of the first edition of this book.The 20 years since the publication of this first edition have witnessed an explosion of new information about febrile seizures, meriting this new edition. Key advances have been made in the genetics and neurobiological underpinnings of febrile seizures and especially the very long fever-related seizures called febrile status epilepticus. The role of neuroinflammatory factors in the emergence of these seizures and their consequences, the demonstration of unique clinical and neuroradiological aspects of febrile status epilepticus, and the prospect of predictive (bio)markers to identify and characterize cognitive and epilepsy outcomes are exciting and important. In this edition, the authors and editors tackle these developments in chapters addressing the questions of parents, physicians, allied health care professionals and basic and translational scientists"-- From ScienceDirect

Contents:

The incidence and prevalence of febrile seizures and febrile status epilepticus / Rachel Penn and Carl E. Stafstrom

The evolving genetic landscape of febrile seizures and GEFS+ / Edith Almanza Fuerte and Heather C. Mefford

SCN1A and Dravet syndrome / Richard E. Rosch and Ethan M. Goldberg

Ion channels and febrile seizures : It’s not just SCN1A / Kay Richards, Katherine Howell, Steven Petrou

Neuroimmunologic aspects of febrile status epilepticus / William Brian Gallentine

Febrile status epilepticus and its consequences : Insights from the “Consequences of Febrile Status Epilepticus in Childhood” (FEBSTAT) study / Shlomo Shinnar

The role of febrile seizures in directing surgical therapies for temporal lobe epilepsy / Hari McGrath, Layton Lamsam, and Dennis D. Spencer

Cognitive outcomes of febrile status epilepticus / Erica F. Weiss

Why do febrile seizures involve specifically the developing brain? / Halvor M. Juul, Amy R. Brooks-Kayal, and Delia M. Talos

Contributions of cytokines to febrile seizures / Morris H. Scantlebury, Aylin Y. Reid, and Quentin J. Pittman

Experimental models of febrile seizures and febrile status epilepticus / Kevin D. Chen, Megan M. Garcia-Curran, and Tallie Z. Baram

Febrile status epilepticus-related epilepsy : Neuroinflammation and epigenetics / Teresa Ravizza, Annamaria Vezzani, and Tallie Z. Baram

MicroRNAs and epigenetic processes in FSE-provoked epilepsy / David C. Henshall and Gary P. Brennan

From prolonged febrile seizures to epilepsy : Potential contribution of HCN channels / Michael Wenzel, Rainer Surges, and Roland Bender

Cognitive consequences of experimental febrile status epilepticus / Michelle L. Kloc and Gregory L. Holmes

MRI for assessing the impact of febrile status epilepticus and predicting outcomes / Rodney Craig Scott and D.V. Lewis

EEG for assessing the impact of febrile status epilepticus and predicting outcomes / Douglas R. Nordli and Solomon L. Moshé

Evaluation and practical management : Approach to simple and complex febrile seizures / Syndi Seinfeld and Howard P. Goodkin

What do we tell parents of a child with simple or complex febrile seizures? / Ruth C. Shinnar

The future of FS, FSE, and their epileptogenic and cognitive outcomes / Carl E. Stafstrom, Shlomo Shinnar, and Tallie Z. Baram

Notes:

Previous edition: edited by Tallie Z. Baram, Shlomo Shinnar. 2002

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (ScienceDirect, viewed August 12, 2025)

Other Format:

Print version: Febrile Seizures.

ISBN:

9780323984188

0323984185

OCLC:

1345580949

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license