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Podcast Episode: Febrile Seizures

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In a study from Kim published in Pediatrics in 2010, they looked at 526 children with complex febrile seizures. And use lab tests, and especially CT scans of the brain judiciously. Almost two thirds of this population got lumbar punctures and only three had meningitis, all with a reason to suspect it. You can do this.

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