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Brain Dev. 2014 Apr 16. pii: S0387-7604(14)00085-0. doi: 10.1016/j.braindev.2014.03.008. [Epub ahead of print]
Neurologic manifestations and complications of pandemic influenza A H1N1 in Malaysian children: What have we learnt from the ordeal?
Muhammad Ismail HI1, Teh CM2, Lee YL3; on behalf of National Paediatric H1N1 Study Group.
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Introduction: In 2009, pandemic influenza A H1N1 emerged in Mexico and subsequently spread worldwide. In Malaysia, there were more than a thousand of confirmed cases among children. The general clinical characteristics of these children have been well-published. However, the description of neurologic complications is scarce. Objective: This study aims to describe the characteristics of neurologic manifestations and complications in a national paediatric cohort with pandemic influenza A H1N1. Methods: During the pandemic, children (12years or less) admitted for novel influenza A H1N1 in 68 Malaysian public hospitals, were prospectively enrolled into national database. The clinical, laboratory and neuro-imaging data for children with neurologic manifestations, hospitalized from 15th June 2009 till 30th November 2009, was reviewed. Results: Of 1244 children with influenza A H1N1 during the study period, 103 (8.3%) presented with influenza-related neurological manifestations. The mean age of our study cohort was 4.2years (SD: 3.3years). Sixty percent of them were males. Sixty-nine (66.9%) were diagnosed as febrile seizures, 16 (15.5%) as breakthrough seizures with underlying epilepsy, 14 (13.6%) as influenza-associated encephalopathy or encephalitis (IAE) and 4 (3.9%) as acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood (ANEC). All 4 available CSF specimens were negative for influenza viral PCR. Among 14 children with brain-imaging done, 9 were abnormal (2: cerebral oedema, 4: ANEC and 3: other findings). There were four deaths and three cases with permanent neurological sequelae. Conclusion: About one-tenth of children with pandemic influenza A H1N1 presented with neurologic complications. The most common diagnosis was febrile seizures. One-fifth of those children with neurologic presentation had IAE or ANEC, which carried higher mortality and morbidity. This large national study provides us useful data to better manage children with neurologic complications in the future pandemic influenza outbreaks.
Copyright ? 2014 The Japanese Society of Child Neurology. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
KEYWORDS:
Children, Encephalopathy, H1N1, Influenza A, Neurologic complications, Pandemic, Seizures
PMID:
24746706
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Neurologic manifestations and complications of pandemic influenza A H1N1 in Malaysian children: What have we learnt from the ordeal?
Muhammad Ismail HI1, Teh CM2, Lee YL3; on behalf of National Paediatric H1N1 Study Group.
Author information
Abstract
Introduction: In 2009, pandemic influenza A H1N1 emerged in Mexico and subsequently spread worldwide. In Malaysia, there were more than a thousand of confirmed cases among children. The general clinical characteristics of these children have been well-published. However, the description of neurologic complications is scarce. Objective: This study aims to describe the characteristics of neurologic manifestations and complications in a national paediatric cohort with pandemic influenza A H1N1. Methods: During the pandemic, children (12years or less) admitted for novel influenza A H1N1 in 68 Malaysian public hospitals, were prospectively enrolled into national database. The clinical, laboratory and neuro-imaging data for children with neurologic manifestations, hospitalized from 15th June 2009 till 30th November 2009, was reviewed. Results: Of 1244 children with influenza A H1N1 during the study period, 103 (8.3%) presented with influenza-related neurological manifestations. The mean age of our study cohort was 4.2years (SD: 3.3years). Sixty percent of them were males. Sixty-nine (66.9%) were diagnosed as febrile seizures, 16 (15.5%) as breakthrough seizures with underlying epilepsy, 14 (13.6%) as influenza-associated encephalopathy or encephalitis (IAE) and 4 (3.9%) as acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood (ANEC). All 4 available CSF specimens were negative for influenza viral PCR. Among 14 children with brain-imaging done, 9 were abnormal (2: cerebral oedema, 4: ANEC and 3: other findings). There were four deaths and three cases with permanent neurological sequelae. Conclusion: About one-tenth of children with pandemic influenza A H1N1 presented with neurologic complications. The most common diagnosis was febrile seizures. One-fifth of those children with neurologic presentation had IAE or ANEC, which carried higher mortality and morbidity. This large national study provides us useful data to better manage children with neurologic complications in the future pandemic influenza outbreaks.
Copyright ? 2014 The Japanese Society of Child Neurology. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
KEYWORDS:
Children, Encephalopathy, H1N1, Influenza A, Neurologic complications, Pandemic, Seizures
PMID:
24746706
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
