Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic Of Iran
مجله پزشکی جمهوری اسلامی ایران
Med J Islam Repub Iran
Medical Sciences
http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir
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1016-1430
2251-6840
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10.18869/mjiri
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jalali
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gregorian
2003
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NEUROLOGIC MANIFESTATIONS OF A CUTE GA STROENTERITIS: A REVIEW OF 45 PATIENTS IN THE INTENSIVE CARE SETTING
Pediatric
Pediatric
Original Research
Original Research
Acute gastroenteritis (AGE) is a serious disease and is one of the most important
causes of early childhood mortality in developing countries. The neurologic
manifestations can be propounded as primary symptoms of AGE.
In order to determine the rate, clinical presentations, and outcome of patients
with AGE who presented with neurologic manifestations and compare them with
patients without neurologic symptoms, we reviewed the records of children 1
month to 14 years of age having AGE along with neurologic presentations, i.e.
either convulsion or encephalopathy alone or together who had been admitted to
the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) of the Children's Hospital Medical Center
(CHMS) from September 1996 till August 1998.
Among all the patients admitted at that time, 7% (75 patients) had AGE, of
which 60% (45 patients) had concomitant neurologic symptoms including 4%
who had convulsion alone, 20% had encephalopathy alone, and 36% showed both
of the symptoms.
Of the patients who had AGE with neurologic symptoms, 36% initially presented
with neurological manifestations without gastrointestinal symptoms. The
duration of admission at PICU and the mortality rate among patients with AGE
were significantly more in the patients with neurologic symptoms in comparison
to those without neurologic symptoms.
According to our findings, neurologic symptoms may be the first manifestation
of AGE and are likely to increase the risk of mortality in AGE.
Gastroenteritis; acute, convulsion, encephalopathy.
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M
KADIVAR
20031947532846003718
20031947532846003718
Yes
From the Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R. lran
F
TASLIMI
20031947532846003719
20031947532846003719
No