Table 2 Data related to the three deceased patients
From: Seizures in febrile children with SARS-CoV-2 infection: clinical features, short-term follow-up
Variable | Patient 1 | Patient 2 | Patient 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | 3 years and 9 months | 2 years and 2 months | 2 years and 2months |
Sex | Female | Female | Female |
Main symptoms | Fever, seizures, impaired consciousness | Fever, seizures, impaired consciousness | Fever, seizures, impaired consciousness, double inspiration |
Seizure forms | GTCS | GTCS | GTCS |
Underlying Diseases | None | None | None |
State of consciousness | Coma | Coma | Coma |
With or without shock | Shock | Shock | Shock |
EEG | None | None | Background diffuse low voltage changes |
Hematology tests | |||
WBC(*109/L) | 5.7 | 3.89 | 9.72 |
CRP(mg/L) | 7.2 | 0.5 | 10.5 |
PCT(ng/ml) | -- | 43.24 | 38.23 |
Treatment | |||
Ventilator | Invasive ventilator | Invasive ventilator | Invasive ventilator |
Drugs | Methylprednisolone | Gammaglobulin | Methylprednisolone |
Gammaglobulin | Vasoactive drugs | Gammaglobulin | |
Vasoactive drugs | |||
Head CT | None | Bilateral symmetric hypodense lesions in the thalami, accompanied by enlarged thalamic volume and similar low-density changes in the brainstem | The bilateral cerebellar hemispheres and thalamus exhibit symmetric patchy hypodense lesions. The density of the brainstem is reduced. In parts of the bilateral cerebral hemispheres, the grey-white matter differentiation is well-defined. |