The etiological diagnosis and outcome in patients of acute febrile encephalopathy: A prospective observational study at tertiary care center

Neurology India

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 168-173

  Modi, Aniyang ^a   Atam, Virendra ^a   Jain, Nirdesh ^a   Gutch, Manish ^a   Verma, Rajesh ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acute febrile encephalopathy; acute viral encephalitis; cerebral malaria; pyogenic meningitis; sepsis associated encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE BRAIN DISEASE; ACUTE FEBRILE ENCEPHALOPATHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN MALARIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INDIA; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROIMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANKIN SCALE; SEPSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INDIA; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861671528     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.96394     Document Type: Article

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