Pediatric Altered mental status

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  1. 3. Accounts for more than 1/3 of nontraumatic causes of AMS
  2. 5. What is the most commonly used mnemonic for pediatric AMS
  3. 6. This is most common cause of AMS in children in addition to infection, trauma, and toxic ingestion.
  4. 7. This virus is one of the most likely causes of AMS in children along with herpes simplex virus, nonpolio enteroviruses, mumps, and Epstein-Barr viruses.
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  1. 1. The most common cause of AMS in adolescents
  2. 2. A 16 yo boy presents to the ED with a headache, fever, and a change in personality. His MRI is on the screen. His CSF shows a mononuclear pleocytosis with an elevated protein and reduced glucose.
  3. 4. This virus is often overlooked as a cause of AMS but a recent study indicated 5% of children with acute childhood encephalitis/encephalopathy were found to have evidence of current infection with this virus.