Febrile Seizures — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: _____ due to fever in tonsillitis, is an indication for tonsillectomy.

Answer: Febrile seizures

Flashcard 2: Is early or late age of onset a risk factor for recurrent febrile seizures?_____

Answer: Early

Flashcard 3: Which procedure should be performed in the first episode of seizures with fever for all infants < 6 months of age?

Answer: Lumbar puncture (LP)

Extra: In infants < 6 months of age presenting with their first episode of febrile seizure, clinical signs of meningitis (e.g., neck stiffness, Kernig's/Brudzinski's signs) are often absent. Therefore, a lumbar puncture is mandatory to rule out CNS infection. Guidelines for LP in Febrile Seizure: 1. **Mandatory:** Infants < 6 months. 2. **Considered:** Infants 6-12 months if immunization for Hib/S. pneumoniae is incomplete or if they have received prior antibiotics (which can mask symptoms). 3. **Optional:** Children > 12 months (only if signs of meningitis are present).

Flashcard 4: _____ is the typical interictal EEG finding seen in infantile epileptic spasm

Answer: Hypsarrhythmia

Flashcard 5: Indications for lumbar puncture in a child presenting with a febrile seizure are as follows: No answer _____

Answer: :)

Flashcard 6: _____ Malformation is associated with bulging fontanelles and macrocephaly.

Answer: Dandy Walker

Flashcard 7: What congenital disorder can cause this spinal cord lesion? _____

Answer: Werdnig-Hoffmann (Spinal Muscular Atrophy type 1) disease

Flashcard 8: Dandy-Walker malformation is associated with _____ and spina bifida

Answer: non-communicating hydrocephalus

Flashcard 9: _____ classically presents with pseudohypertrophy of calf muscles

Answer: Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Flashcard 10: SCIWORA is very common in _____ and injuries are most often in the cervical spine

Answer: children