Study to establish the safety of using antipyretics with febrile seizures and assess whether acetaminophen could reduce the recurrent risk of febrile seizure in the same fever episode.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- febrile seizure
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000028272
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Pediatrics, Hirakata City Hospital 2-14-1 Kinya-honmachi, Hirakata, Osaka 573-1013, Japan Tel: +81-72-847-2821; Fax: +81-72-847-2825
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 500
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
1)Patients with seizure over 15 minutes were excluded from the study as status epilepticus. 2)Patients with diarrhea were excluded because it is difficult to put suppositories and other pathologies may be involved such as convulsion with mild gastroenteritis . 3)Patients with epilepsy, chromosomal abnormality, inherited metabolic diseases, brain tumor, cerebral hemorrhage, hydrocephalus, and those with a history of intracranial surgery were excluded. 4)Patients who were used to prevent febrile seizuress with diazepam suppository were excluded. 5)Patients take antihistamine that may increase seizure susceptibility in patients with febrile seizures were also excluded.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The outcome is the recurrece of febrile seizure in the same fever episode.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method