Simple febrile seizures tend to occur early in the illness within 24hrs of onset of fever – if the seizure occurs >24hrs after the onset of fever, the suspicion for a bacterial cause of the fever and a pathologic cause for the seizure should be heightened.

Simple febrile seizures tend to occur early in the illness within 24hrs of onset of fever –

if the seizure occurs >24hrs after the onset of fever, the suspicion for a bacterial cause of the fever

and a pathologic cause for the seizure should be heightened.