Open AccessAcute Febrile Encephalopathy in Children and Predictors of Mortality
Author(s) -
CM Bokade,
Rohini Gulhane,
AS Bagul,
Sushama S. Thakre
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/9115.4686
Subject(s) - medicine , pediatrics , glasgow coma scale , sequela , surgery
Incidence of acute febrile encephalopathy (AFE) is high in children and associated with high mortality and sequela. Limited data is available about predictors of mortality in children of AFE from central India.