Pediatric Patients With Acute Flaccid Myelitis: Long-term Respiratory and Neurologic Outcomes
Having respiratory failure at presentation was observed to have worse outcomes, including the need for long-term respiratory support, higher healthcare utilization, and prolonged neurologic deficits. This study contributes to the scant literature on pediatric patients with AFM.
Authors
- Miranda Kane
- Shiyun Zhu
- Chris Sonne
- Miranda Ritterman Weintraub (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9453-0242)
- Emily A. Kragel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3898-2508)
- Shih-Dun Liu
- Keith Van Haren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0233-9361)
- Dimple Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0235-5174)
- Amit Malhotra
Institutions
- Kaiser Permanente (US)
- Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center (US)
- Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center (US)
- Berkeley Public Health Division (US)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
- Published
- 2024-12-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/inf.0000000000004673
- Primary Topic
- Viral Infections and Immunology Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00