5-Minute Emergency Consult
Seizure, Pediatric
Basics
Description
Sudden, abnormal discharges of neurons resulting in a change in behavior or function
Etiology
- Febrile seizures
- Infection
- Idiopathic
- Trauma
- Toxicologic:
- Ingestion
- Drug action
- Drug withdrawal
- Metabolic:
- Hypoglycemia
- Hypocalcemia
- Hypo/hypernatremia
- Inborn errors of metabolism
- Perinatal hypoxia
- Intracranial hemorrhage
- CNS structural anomaly or malformation
- Degenerative disease
- Psychogenic
- Ischemia
- Mass lesion
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Citation
Schaider, Jeffrey J., et al., editors. "Seizure, Pediatric." 5-Minute Emergency Consult, 7th ed., Wolters Kluwer, 2027. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307170/0.1/Seizure_Pediatric_.
Seizure, Pediatric. In: Schaider JJJ, Barkin RMR, Hayden SRS, et al, eds. 5-Minute Emergency Consult. Wolters Kluwer; 2027. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307170/0.1/Seizure_Pediatric_. Accessed July 13, 2026.
Seizure, Pediatric. (2027). In Schaider, J. J., Barkin, R. M., Hayden, S. R., Wolfe, R. E., Barkin, A. Z., Shayne, P., & Rosen, P. (Eds.), 5-Minute Emergency Consult (7th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307170/0.1/Seizure_Pediatric_
Seizure, Pediatric [Internet]. In: Schaider JJJ, Barkin RMR, Hayden SRS, et al, eds. 5-Minute Emergency Consult. Wolters Kluwer; 2027. [cited 2026 July 13]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307170/0.1/Seizure_Pediatric_.
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