Febrile encephalopathy

Acute Febrile Encephalopathy

An immortalized cell line derived from human ADENOCARCINOMA, ALVEOLAR basal epithelial cells isolated from the lungs of a male patient in 1972. The cell line is positive for KERATIN, can synthesize LECITHIN, and contains high levels of POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS in its PLASMA MEMBRANE. It is used as a model for PULMONARY ALVEOLI function and virus infections, as a TRANSFECTION host, and for PR...

Febrile encephalopathy: challenges in management.

Acute onset Fever and Altered Sensorium: Acute Febrile Encephalopathy

A patient presenting with fever and altered sensorium constitutes a medical emergency. Emergency clinicians need to accurately diagnose and administer timely antimicrobials and adjunctive therapies to those who need them while attempting to avoid unnecessary, timeconsuming, and invasive testing and treatment of patients without these diseases. Early recognition, efficient decision making and ra...

Changes in Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers in Human Herpesvirus-6-Associated Acute Encephalopathy/Febrile Seizures

To determine the involvement of oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of acute encephalopathy associated with human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) infection, we measured the levels of oxidative stress markers 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) and hexanoyl-lysine adduct (HEL), tau protein, and cytokines in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) obtained from patients with HHV-6-associated acute encephalopathy (HHV-...

Emergency cranial computed tomography in the management of acute febrile encephalopathy in children.

OBJECTIVE Evaluation of the influence of emergency cranial computed tomography on the management of acute febrile encephalopathy in children. METHODS A retrospective study in children with acute febrile encephalopathy who underwent emergency cranial computed tomography within 12 hours of admission to the paediatric intensive care unit. All scans were evaluated by two independent radiologists....