acute neurologic illness

acute neurologic illness

Neurology A condition defined by the Natl Childhood Encephalopathy Study–UK as 1. Acute or subacute encephalitis, encephalomyelitis, encephalopathy–eg, postinfectious encephalitis but not pyogenic infection.2. Unexplained loss of consciousness.3. Convulsions lasting >12 hr, or followed by coma lasting ≥ 2 hrs or by paralysis or other neurologic signs not previously present.4. Infantile spasms.5. Reye syndrome See Encephalopathy.