[Risk of seizure recurrence after a first unprovoked seizure in childhood].

Objective: To assess the risk of recurrence after a first unprovoked seizure in childhood.

Methods: This was a prospective study of 250 children aged 1 month to 16 years after a first seizure who presented between November 1, 2008 and October 31, 2012. None of the children was treated after the first seizure.

[Intravenous injection of phenobarbital for benign convulsions with mild gastroenteritis].

Objective: We investigated the effectiveness of intravenous injection of phenobarbital (PB) in patients referred to Himeji Red Cross Hospital, Hyogo, Japan, with benign convulsions with mild gastroenteritis (CwG) between November 2009 and June 2011.

Methods: The patients who had a single seizure at the time of consultation were, in principle, followed without any treatment, and those with repeated seizures were treated with intravenous injection of 10 mg/kg PB.

Results: During the study, 24 of 33 patients with CwG were administered PB intravenously.