1. Reyeʼs Syndrome: Down but Not Out
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Van H. Savell, Adnan T. Bhutta, and Stephen M. Schexnayder
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Pediatrics ,Fever ,education ,behavioral disciplines and activities ,Diagnosis, Differential ,Central nervous system disease ,Fatal Outcome ,medicine ,Humans ,Reye's syndrome ,Reye Syndrome ,Respiratory Tract Infections ,Aspirin ,Health professionals ,business.industry ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,El Niño ,Child, Preschool ,Liver dysfunction ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Reye's syndrome presents as acute central nervous system and liver dysfunction in children. Its incidence has seen a sharp decline in parallel with the decline in the use of aspirin in the pediatric age group. This report describes a patient with Reye's syndrome and serves as a reminder for health professionals to continue to discourage the use of aspirin for the treatment of viral infections.
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- 2003
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