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Bokade C, Gulhane R, Bagul A, et al. Acute febrile encephalopathy in children and predictors of mortality. J Clin Diagn Res. 2014;8(8):PC09-11doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2014/9115.4686.
Bokade, C., Gulhane, R., Bagul, A., & Thakre, S. (2014). Acute febrile encephalopathy in children and predictors of mortality. Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR, 8(8), PC09-11. https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2014/9115.4686
Bokade, Cm, et al. "Acute febrile encephalopathy in children and predictors of mortality." Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR vol. 8,8 (2014): PC09-11. doi: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2014/9115.4686
Bokade C, Gulhane R, Bagul A, Thakre S. Acute febrile encephalopathy in children and predictors of mortality. J Clin Diagn Res. 2014 Aug;8(8):PC09-11. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2014/9115.4686. Epub 2014 Aug 20. PMID: 25302241; PMCID: PMC4190766.
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J Clin Diagn Res. 2014 Aug;8(8):PC09-11. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2014/9115.4686. Epub 2014 Aug 20.

Acute febrile encephalopathy in children and predictors of mortality.

Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR

Cm Bokade, Rr Gulhane, As Bagul, Sb Thakre

Affiliations

  1. Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Government Medical College , Nagpur, Maharashtra, India .
  2. Junior Resident, Department of Pediatrics, Government Medical College , Nagpur, Maharashtra, India .
  3. Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Government Medical College , Nagpur, Maharashtra, India .
  4. Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College , Nagpur, Maharashtra, India .

PMID: 25302241 PMCID: PMC4190766 DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2014/9115.4686

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Incidence of acute febrile encephalopathy (AFE) is high in children and associated with high mortality and sequela. Limited data is available about predictors of mortality in children of AFE from central India.

AIM: To study the predictors of mortality in children of AFE.

METHODS: This is observational, prospective study, carried out in a tertiary care hospital of central India. Duration of the study was two years (2010 to 2012). One hundred and seventy six children in the age group of one month to 12 years, presented with fever ≤ 2wks duration and altered mental status lasting for more than 4h were enrolled in the study. Outcome was evaluated in the study subjects. Data was analysed by use of Chi-square test, Fisher's exact test and multivariate regression. P-value ≤ 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

RESULTS: Maximum enrolled children were of viral encephalitis (46.59%) and rest, were of pyogenic meningitis, tuberculosis meningitis and cerebral malaria. Among independently significant variables, shock, severe anaemia, bradycardia, Glasgow coma scale (GCS) of less than eight and refractory seizures were found to be significant and other variables like respiratory failure, multiorgan dysfunction syndrome and abnormal coagulation profile were found insignificant on full model of multivariate regression analysis.

CONCLUSION: Refractory seizures, GCS <8, bradycardia, shock and severe anaemia were independent predictors for mortality in children of AFE.

Keywords: Acute febrile encephalopathy (AFE); Children; Mortality; Predictors

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