Epidemiology and diagnostic and therapeutic management of febrile seizures in the Italian pediatric emergency departments: a prospective observational study
Aim: Febrile seizures (FS) involve 2–5% of the paediatric population, among which Complex FS (CFS) account for one third of accesses for FS in Emergency Departments (EDs).
The aim of our study was to define the epidemiology, the clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic approach to FS and CFSs in the Italian EDs.
Methods: A multicenter prospective observational study was performed between April 2014 and March 2015.