Setting‐based Practice Variation in the Management of Simple Febrile Seizure

: Objective: To identify provider‐based differences in the ED assessment and management of children presenting with uncomplicated, first‐time febrile seizures. Methods: Multicenter, retrospective cohort study of seven EDs in the Chicago area: two tertiary academic pediatric EDs (PEDs) and five community‐based general EDs (GEDs). The visits of all patients with a discharge diagnosis including the term “seizure” were identified from a 30‐month period. Records of patients who met criteria for simple, first‐time febrile seizure were reviewed (age 6‐60 months; temperature ≥38.0°C; single, generalized, tonic‐clonic seizure