Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Acute Childhood Encephalopathy in a Tertiary Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

Aim: Childhood encephalopathy comprises a wide range of etiologies with distinctive distribution in different age groups. We reviewed the pattern of encephalopathy admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) of a tertiary children's hospital.

Methods: We reviewed the medical records and reported the etiologies, clinical features, and outcomes of children with encephalopathy.

Autoimmune Encephalitis in Children: From Suspicion to Diagnosis.

There are several well-described and studied autoimmune diseases that affect different organ systems, and a limited number of these affect the central nervous system. Autoimmune encephalitis represents a disease with a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations and different levels of severity, from mild cognitive impairment to complex encephalopathy. Immune-mediated encephalitis refers to a diverse and rare group of conditions in children associated with nonspecific symptomatology, altered mental state, and recalcitrant seizures.

Knowledge, acceptance and perception towards brainstem death among medical students in Hong Kong: a questionnaire survey on brainstem death.

Background: Brainstem death (BSD), defined as the irreversible loss of consciousness, brainstem reflexes and the capacity to breathe, is not an uncommon scenario seen in the day to day practice of medical personnel. Upon the diagnosis of BSD, controversial issues of withdrawing life-supporting treatments and organ procuring for transplantation inevitably arise. This study evaluated the knowledge, acceptance and perception of BSD amongst medical students in Hong Kong.