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Reye's Syndrome Learning Center

Treatments could include:
There is no specific treatment for this condition. The health care provider will monitor the pressure in the brain, blood gases, and blood acid-base balance (pH).
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Date:August 1, 2008
Reye's syndrome is a life-threatening emergency that requires intensive management. The likelihood of recovery is greatest if it is recognized early and treated promptly. Children with Reye's syndrome should be managed in an intensive-care unit. T...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Children with Reye syndrome are usually cared for in a hospital, with more severely ill children requiring care in an intensive care unit. Health care providers may include pediatric intensivists, neurologists, and gastroenterologists (to closely ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Reye's syndrome is a life-threatening emergency that requires intensive management. The likelihood of recovery is greatest if it is recognized early and treated promptly. Children with Reye's syndrome should be managed in an intensive-care unit. T...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Hemoperfusion is a treatment technique in which large volumes of the patient's blood are passed over an adsorbent substance in order to remove toxic substances from the blood. Adsorption is a process in which molecules or particles of one substanc...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Intravenous rehydration is the process by which sterile water solutions containing small amounts of salt or sugar are injected into the body through a tube attached to a needle which is inserted into a vein.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Sterile water solutions containing small amounts of salt or sugar, are injected into the body through a tube attached to a needle that is inserted into a vein.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Intravenous (IV) rehydration is a treatment for fluid loss in which a sterile water solution containing small amounts of salt or sugar is injected into the patient's bloodstream.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Mechanical ventilation is the use of a mechanical device (machine) to inflate and deflate the lungs.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Ventilation management involves providing optimal mechanical ventilation in order to promote the patient's recovery and to reestablish spontaneous breathing.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
The process of transferring whole blood or blood components from one person (donor) to another (recipient).
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Transfusion therapy refers to the process of administering whole blood or blood components to a patient through an intravenous (IV) needle or catheter placed in a patient's vein. Blood and blood products may be autologous (comprised of the patient...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
The process of transferring whole blood or blood components from one person (donor) to another (recipient).
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Transfusion is the process of transferring whole blood or blood components from a donor to a recipient.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
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