References

  1. Consensus statement. Febrile seizures: long-term management of children with fever-associated seizures. Pediatrics. Dec 1980;66 (6):1009-12. PubMed | Google Scholar

  2. Feverish illness in children - Assessment and initial management in children younger than 5 years, NICE Clinical Guideline (2007 ). Google Scholar

  3. Commission on Classification and Terminology of the International League Against Epilepsy. Proposal for revised clinical and electroencephalographic classification of epileptic seizures. Epilepsia. 1981 Aug;22(4):489-501. PubMed | Google Scholar

  4. Hauser WA. Prevalence and incidence of febrile convulsion disorders in children. Epilepsia. 1994;35 Suppl 2:S1-6. PubMed | Google Scholar

  5. Freeman JM. Febrile seizures: A consensus of their significance, evaluation, and treatment. Pediatrics. 1980 Dec;66(6):1009. PubMed | Google Scholar

  6. Freeman JM, Vining EP. Febrile seizures: A decision making analysis. Am Fam Physician. 1995 Oct;52(5):1401-6, 1409-10. PubMed | Google Scholar

  7. Gerber MA, Berliner BC. The child with a 'simple' febrile seizure. Appropriate diagnostic evaluation. Am J Dis Child. 1981 May;135(5):431-3. PubMed | Google Scholar

  8. Rutter N. Febrile convulsions. Midwife Health Visit Community Nurse. 1984 Jun;20(6):205-8. PubMed | Google Scholar

  9. Leung AKC, Robson WLM. Febrile convulsions: How dangerous are they?. Postgrad Med. 1991;89(5):217-8. PubMed | Google Scholar

  10. Baumer JH, David TJ, Valentine SJ, Roberts JE, Hughes BR. Many parents think their child is dying when having a first febrile convulsion. Dev Med Child Neurol. 1981 Aug;23(4):462-4. PubMed | Google Scholar

  11. Kramer MS, Naimark L, Leduc DG. Parental fever phobia and its correlates. Pediatrics. 1985 Jun;75(6):1110-3. PubMed | Google Scholar

  12. Freeman JM. The best medicine for febrile seizures. N Engl J Med. 1992 Oct 15;327(16):1161-3. PubMed | Google Scholar

  13. Berg AT, Shinnar S, Hauser WA et al. A prospective study of recurrent febrile seizures. N Engl J Med. 1992 Oct 15;327(16):1122-7. PubMed | Google Scholar

  14. Huang MC, Liu CC, Huang CC. Effects of an educational program on parents with febrile convulsive children. Pediatr Neurol. 1998 Feb;18(2):150-5. PubMed | Google Scholar

  15. Joint Working Group of the Research Unit of the Royal College of Physicians and the British Paediatric Association. Guidelines forthe management of convulsions with fever. BMJ. 1991 Sep 14;303(6803):634-6. PubMed | Google Scholar

  16. National population commission (2010). Projected population of Sokoto state. National Population Commission, Sokoto, Nigeria. Federal Republic of Nigeria. Official gazette. 2007, 94 (24):196-197. PubMed | Google Scholar

  17. Nigeria Demographic and Health survey (2009). National Population Commission, federal Republic of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria. ICF Macro Calverton, Maryland, USA, 317/374. Google Scholar

  18. Ofovwe GE, Ibadin OM, Ofovwe CE, Okolo OO. Home management of febrile convulsion in an African population: a comparison of urban and rural mothers knowledge, attitude and practice. J Neurol Sci. 2002 Aug 15;200(1-2):49-52. PubMed | Google Scholar

  19. Parmar RC, Sahu DR, Bavdekar SB. Knowledge, attitude and practices of parents of children with febrile convulsions. J Postgrad Med. 2001 Jan-Mar;47(1):19-23. PubMed | Google Scholar

  20. Kayserili E, Unalp A, Apa H et al. Parental Knowledge and Practices regarding Convulsions in Turkish Children. Turk J Med Sci. 2008; 34(4): 343-350. PubMed | Google Scholar

  21. Makundi EA, Malebo HA, Mhame P, Kitua AY, Warsame M. Role of traditional healers in the management of severe malaria among children below five years of age: the case of Kilosa and Handeni Districts, Tanzania. Malar J. 2006; 5: 58. PubMed | Google Scholar

  22. Zeglam AM, AL-Hmadi S, Beshish A, 2001. Auditing the attitude and knowledge of parents of children with febrile seizures. African Journal of Neurological Sciences 2010;29(1). Google Scholar

  23. Scrivener R, Challener J, Gregory J, Tyrell J. Clinical Audit in Paediatrics and Child Health. Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, April 1997. Google Scholar