Efficacy of plasma exchange and methylprednisolone pulse therapy on influenza-associated encephalopathy

Journal of Infection

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Kawashima, Hisashi ^a   Togashi, Takehiro ^b   Yamanaka, Gaku ^a   Nakajima, Mitsuhiro ^a   Nagai, Makoto ^a   Aritaki, Kentarou ^a   Kashiwagi, Yasuyo ^a   Takekuma, Kouji ^a   Hoshika, Akinori ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokine storm; Influenza associated encephalopathy; Methylprednisolone pulse therapy; Plasma exchange

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; CREATINE KINASE; CYTOKINE; DIAZEPAM; FERRITIN; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MANNITOL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDAZOLAM; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DE LANGE SYNDROME; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INSULIN TREATMENT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22144439743     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2004.08.017     Document Type: Article

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