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.