| Outcome of acute necrotizing encephalopathy in relation to treatment with corticosteroids and gammaglobulin. | |
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PMID: 18456443 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: To examine the relation between outcome and treatment with steroids and gammaglobulin in children with acute necrotizing encephalopathy. METHODS: We retrospectively evaluated the clinical course and outcome of 34 children with acute necrotizing encephalopathy. They were divided into two groups; 17 patients with brainstem lesion and 17 patients without brainstem lesion. Early steroid use was defined as when steroids were administered within 24h after the onset. The outcome was judged as good when a patient had no or mild cognitive impairment and poor when a patient had more severe sequelae, or died. RESULTS: Among patients without brainstem lesions, the outcome was good in 7 of 12 with early steroid, whereas it was poor in all 5 patients without early steroid. There was no significant difference in sex, age, and laboratory data between patients with and without early steroid. The outcome was not correlated with gammaglobulin treatment. As to patients without brainstem lesions, the outcome was not correlated with early steroid or gammaglobulin treatment. CONCLUSIONS: Steroid within 24 h after the onset was related to better outcome of children with acute necrotizing encephalopathy without brainstem lesions. Early steroid treatment will be an important option of the treatment for acute necrotizing encephalopathy. |
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Authors:
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Akihisa Okumura; Masashi Mizuguchi; Hiroyuki Kidokoro; Manabu Tanaka; Sinpei Abe; Mitsuaki Hosoya; Hideo Aiba; Yoshihiro Maegaki; Hitoshi Yamamoto; Takuya Tanabe; Eiko Noda; George Imataka; Hirokazu Kurahashi |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2008-05-05 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Brain & development Volume: 31 ISSN: 1872-7131 ISO Abbreviation: Brain Dev. Publication Date: 2009 Mar |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-02-09 Completed Date: 2009-03-13 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7909235 Medline TA: Brain Dev Country: Netherlands |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 221-7 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Pediatrics, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan. okumura@med.juntendo.ac.jp |
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| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
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Adrenal Cortex Hormones
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administration & dosage,
adverse effects,
therapeutic use* Brain Diseases / drug therapy*, mortality, pathology Brain Stem / drug effects, immunology, pathology Child Child, Preschool Cognition Disorders Female Humans Infant Male Necrosis Retrospective Studies Sex Characteristics Treatment Outcome gamma-Globulins / therapeutic use* |
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0/Adrenal Cortex Hormones; 0/gamma-Globulins |
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