Attitudes of Parents and Physicians Toward Febrile Seizures

Yılmaz, Deniz; Arhan, Ebru; Yüksel, Deniz; Özçelik, Aysima; Şenbil, Nesrin; Serdaroğlu, Ayşe; Gürer, Y.K. Yavuz

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“…However, there is evidence that FS are related to hippocampal injuries (e.g., Cendes, 2004) which in turn should entail an impairment of episodic memory. Although FS are the most common seizure disorder in childhood (prevalence 2–5%; Yilmaz et al, 2008; Nakayama, 2009), memory functions have hardly been investigated so far. The goal of the present study was to identify possible FS-related modifications in the neural structures underlying episodic memory by means of functional MRI.…”

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Neural Correlates of Recognition Memory in Children with Febrile Seizures: Evidence from Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Kipp¹,

Opitz²,

Becker³

et al. 2012

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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Febrile seizures (FS) are assumed to not have adverse long-term effects on cognitive development. Nevertheless, FS are often associated with hippocampal sclerosis which can imply episodic memory deficits. This interrelation has hardly been studied so far. In the current study 13 children who had suffered from FS during infancy and 14 control children (7 to 9-years-old) were examined for episodic and semantic memory with standardized neuropsychological tests. Furthermore, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) we studied neuronal activation while the children performed a continuous recognition memory task. The analysis of the behavioral data of the neuropsychological tests and the recognition memory experiment did not reveal any between-group differences in memory performance. Consistent with other studies fMRI revealed repetition enhancement effects for both groups in a variety of brain regions (e.g., right middle frontal gyrus, left parahippocampal gyrus) and a repetition suppression effect in the right superior temporal gyrus. Different neural activation patterns between both groups were obtained selectively within the right supramarginal gyrus (BA 40). In the control group correct rejections of new items were associated with stronger activation than correctly identified old items (HITs) whereas in the FS group no difference occurred. On the background that the right supramarginal gyrus is assumed to mediate a top-down process to internally direct attention toward recollected information, the results could indicate that control children used strategic recollection in order to reject new items (recall-to-reject). In contrast, the missing effect in the FS group could reflect a lack of strategy use, possibly due to impaired recollective processing. This study demonstrates that FS, even with mainly benign courses, can be accompanied by selective modifications in the neural structures underlying recognition memory.

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Neural Correlates of Recognition Memory in Children with Febrile Seizures: Evidence from Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Kipp¹,

Opitz²,

Becker³

et al. 2012

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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“…Febrile seizures (FS) are a common convulsive disorder of childhood, and represent a benign condition in children . However, attitudes toward FS may change among parents . Parents can perceive the seizure as a very frightening event.…”

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Parental thoughts and actions regarding their child's first febrile seizure

Kanemura

Sano

Mizorogi

et al. 2013

Pediatrics International

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“…19 In many countries, these children are exclusively managed by PCPs. 20,21 It was interesting to note that as a group, the questions on febrile seizures yielded the greatest number of errors among all topics that were addressed in the questionnaire. Furthermore, the percentage of correct responses did not significantly improve with the year of training, with less than half of the senior residents answering them correctly.…”

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How Well Are We Preparing Pediatricians to Manage Seizures and Epilepsy? A Single-Center Questionnaire-Based Pilot Study

Agarwal

Sivaswamy

2014

Clin Pediatr (Phila)

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Attitudes of Parents and Physicians Toward Febrile Seizures

Abstract: Educational level and economic status are important variables affecting attitudes of parents toward fever and febrile seizure. The management of the child with a febrile seizure differs even within the same specialty in Turkish physicians.

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Neural Correlates of Recognition Memory in Children with Febrile Seizures: Evidence from Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Neural Correlates of Recognition Memory in Children with Febrile Seizures: Evidence from Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Parental thoughts and actions regarding their child's first febrile seizure

How Well Are We Preparing Pediatricians to Manage Seizures and Epilepsy? A Single-Center Questionnaire-Based Pilot Study

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