Characteristics and treatments of Japanese encephalitis at Dong Nai Paediatrics Hospital
- Author:
Nguyen Trong Nghia
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
treatment, Japanese encephalitis, characteristic
- MeSH:
Encephalitis, Japanese;
Study Characteristics [Publication Type];
Therapeutics;
diagnosis;
child;
hospitals
- From:Ho Chi Minh city Medical Association
2003;8(3):141-144
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
A retrospective study was carried out on 67 patients with Japanese Encephalitis at Dong Nai Pediatric Hospital from August 1999 to July 2001. Its showed a 40.8% of acute encephalitis patients admiited into hospital acquired Japanese encephalitisl Among them, 100% had IgM anti JE antibody(+), 100% were not vaccinated. Main clinical manifestations were fever 100%, coma 64.2%, vomit 71.6%, headache 55.2%, convulsion 46.2%. After treating: full recovery 61.2%, neuro-psychiatric sequella 11.9%, referral to higher level Pediatric Hospital 20.9%, death 6%. Because of the lack of specific therapeutic medicines, JE vaccine must be recommended to integrate to enlarged immunized program.
