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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2021 Jul 1;239:32–38.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.06.075

Table V.

Influenza-associated neurologic complications in hospitalized children with influenza

Neurologic complications No. (%) Percent of encounters with neurologic complications (95% CI)

Febrile seizure 1477 (53.7) 4.98 (4.73–5.22)
Encephalopathy 514 (18.7) 1.73 (1.58–1.88)
Nonfebrile seizure 364 (13.2) 1.23 (1.1–1.35)
Other 283 (10.3) 0.95 (0.84–1.06)
Encephalitis 35 (1.3) 0.12 (0.08–0.16)
Aseptic meningitis 29 (1.1) 0.1 (0.06–0.13)
Brain abscess and bacterial meningitis 29 (1.1) 0.1 (0.06–0.13)
Cerebral infarction 16 (0.6) 0.05 (0.03–0.08)
Reye syndrome 2 (0.1) 0.01 (0–0.02)