Table 2.

Evaluation of EEG, cranial imaging, and prophylaxis in febrile seizure types

	Febrile Seizure Type						p
	Simple		Complex		Febrile Status
	n	%	n	%	n	%
EEG
Present	71	28.7	7	7.9	1	11.1	<0.001
Absent	176	71.3	82	92.1	8	88.9
Normal	169	96.0	77	93.9	7	87.5	0.306
Focal	6	3.4	5	6.1	1	12.5
Generalized	1	0.6	0	0.0	0	0.0
Cranial imaging
Absent	219	89.8	66	75.0	6	66.7	0.001
Present	25	10.2	22	25.0	3	33.3
Results of cranial imaging
Normal	24	96.0	19	86.4	2	66.7	0.143
Abnormal	2	8.0	2	9.0	1	33.3
Arachnoid cyst	1	4.0	1	4.0	0	0.0
Hyppocampal hyperintensity	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	33.3
Periventricular hyperintensity	1	4.0	1	4.5	0	0.0
Prophylactic treatment
None	186	75.3	9	10.1	0	0.0	<0.001
Rectal diazepam	33	13.4	40	44.9	0	0.0
Sodium valproate	14	5.7	18	20.2	3	33.3
Phenobarbital	4	1.6	3	3.4	0	0.0
Levetiracetam	10	4.0	19	21.3	6	66.7
Recurrent seizures after prophylactic treatment
Present	6	9.2	7	8.8	1	11.1	0.972
Absent	59	90.8	73	91.3	8	88.9