acute neurologic illness

acute neurologic illness

Neurology A condition defined by the Natl Childhood Encephalopathy Study–UK as

1. Acute or subacute encephalitis, encephalomyelitis, encephalopathy–eg, postinfectious encephalitis but not pyogenic infection.

2. Unexplained loss of consciousness.

3. Convulsions lasting >¹⁄₂ hr, or followed by coma lasting ≥ 2 hrs or by paralysis or other neurologic signs not previously present.

4. Infantile spasms.

5. Reye syndrome See Encephalopathy.

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