title: [Acute encephalopathy and brain death in a child with influenza A (H1N1) during the 2009 pandemic].
abstract: Since the World Health Organization declared a pandemic of a novel influenza A (H1N1) virus, much attention has been focused on its respiratory manifestations, but limited information regarding neurologic complications has been reported in children. We describe a case of acute encephalopathy progressing to brain death in a pediatric patient with confirmed infection with novel influenza A (H1N1).
authors.affiliation: Hospital Guillermo Grant Benavente. Concepción, Chile. Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos. robustos64@yahoo.com.ar
authors.forename: Raúl
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bustos B
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Andrade Y
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001926:Brain Death; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D020805:Central Nervous System Viral Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D002648:Child; D002677:Chile / Q000453:epidemiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed