["Fever convulsions" in children. Current viewpoints on diagnosis, therapy and prognosis].

A Consensus Development Conference on Febrile Seizures was held at the National Institutes of Health in USA in May 1980. The purpose of this paper is to present the consensus statement in German and to compare it with the literature. This should be helpful to make accessible the current knowledge about febrile seizures to a larger number of physicians. Special attention has been paid to the consequences of febrile seizures, the diagnostic procedures needed and the risks and benefits of therapy.