RESUMEN
1,052 medical histories of patients discharged from "Pedro Borrás Astorga" Pediatric Teaching Hospital with a diagnosis of non-urlean viral meningoencephalitis are reviewed. These cases occurred in the period October 1985-March 1986 and they were followed regularly on an outpatient basis for 1 year. The discharges were comparatively analyzed as regards months in the semester, age, sex, nutritional status, personal pathologic history, time from onset of disease to hospitalization, symptoms and signs of onset, diagnostic impression at hospitalization, evolution, and complications.
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Meningoencefalitis/microbiología , Virosis , Adolescente , Niño , Preescolar , Femenino , Humanos , Lactante , Masculino , Estudios RetrospectivosRESUMEN
1,052 medical records of patients discharged from "Pedro Borrás Astorga" Pediatric Teaching Hospital, with a diagnosis of non-urlean viral meningoencephalitis in the period ranging from October 1, 1985 to March 31, 1986, were reviewed. In this study the medical records of three deaths were particularly analyzed by means of the data of highest interest such as: age, sex, color of skin, length of stay, diagnostic impression at admission, motive of admission, course of the disease, physical examination and complementary procedures, and particularly anatomopathologic results. Conclusions are provided.