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Viral encephalitis is a medical emergency The spectrum of brain involvement and the prognosis are dependent mainly on the specific pathogen and the immunological state of the host. Although specific therapy is limited to only several viral agents, correct immediate diagnosis and introduction of

Background: Encephalitis is defined as an acute inflammation of the central nervous system associated with neurologic dysfunction. The most common etiologies are infections by either viruses or bacteria although parasites and fungi can also be occasionally detected, especially in immunocompromised

Background and Scientific Rationale Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), are severe, life-threatening immunologically mediated adverse drug reactions representing the same disease across a spectrum of severity that affect 60,000 patients per year globally at an

The patient will be randomized to receive isoflurane or desflurane anaesthesia prior to surgery. All the patients involved in the study will be blinded to group allocation. Screening for preoperative cognitive dysfunction will be done using the mini-cog test which includes a three word recall test

TITLE: Clinical tolerance of a live, attenuated influenza vaccine (FluMist®) in the context of influenza immunization in a population of egg-allergic children: A pilot project. Protocol #: FluMist240713. 1. INTRODUCTION In Canada, the flu vaccine is indicated for all children between 6 and 23 months