Most Babies With Uncomplicated Febrile Seizures Can Avoid Spinal Tap, New Study Suggests
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 - 16:14
in Health & Medicine
Do babies with febrile seizures need spinal taps? The largest study to date suggests that most can be spared these painful procedures -- if the seizure is uncomplicated and if the baby is well-appearing. The researchers hope the findings will reassure anxious parents, and are calling on the American Academy of Pediatrics to change their current recommendations, which date to 1996.
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