Brain & development
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Febrile delirium is defined as an acute and transient confusional state with high fever. There are very few reports on febrile delirium, although fever is one of the commonest symptoms in children. We previously found a posterior slowing in the electroencephalogram (EEG) of delirious patients with fever. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the features of occipital slow waves by spectral analysis and to find a parameter associated with clinical improvement. ⋯ Febrile delirious children showed the characteristic clinical and spectral analytical features and the numerical data of EEG facilitate the comparison of the serial findings.