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Cureus. 2019 Apr 17;11(4):e4485. doi: 10.7759/cureus.4485.
[h=1]Acute-onset Flu Encephalopathy in an Adolescent Female.[/h] Ballard PK[SUP]1[/SUP], O'Hara SM[SUP]1[/SUP], Simon EM[SUP]1[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] Flu encephalopathy is a rare and poorly understood complication of the influenza virus. In children, it presents most commonly in the 6-18 months age range and most often in the first 26 hours of flu symptoms. Here, we present a case of a 13-year old black female who presented with acute-onset encephalopathy two weeks into flu symptoms. As we begin this flu season, this case serves as a reminder that flu encephalopathy should be on the differential for acute-onset altered mental status.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] altered mental status; emergency medicine; encephalopathy; pediatric emergency medicine; pediatrics
PMID: 31259103 PMCID: PMC6581386 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.4485
[h=1]Acute-onset Flu Encephalopathy in an Adolescent Female.[/h] Ballard PK[SUP]1[/SUP], O'Hara SM[SUP]1[/SUP], Simon EM[SUP]1[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] Flu encephalopathy is a rare and poorly understood complication of the influenza virus. In children, it presents most commonly in the 6-18 months age range and most often in the first 26 hours of flu symptoms. Here, we present a case of a 13-year old black female who presented with acute-onset encephalopathy two weeks into flu symptoms. As we begin this flu season, this case serves as a reminder that flu encephalopathy should be on the differential for acute-onset altered mental status.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] altered mental status; emergency medicine; encephalopathy; pediatric emergency medicine; pediatrics
PMID: 31259103 PMCID: PMC6581386 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.4485