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Posted On : 20 Jul 2025

A 7-year-old girl came to the hospital in status epilepticus (convulsion for 1 hr). She had a fever for 15 days, and her Widal was positive. platelet 34000. ps for mp neg, dengue neg. On examination, she had hepatosplenomegaly. The patient died within 30 minutes despite being given O2 and an anticonvulsant. What could be the cause of death?

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M

manasa duvvada

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Typhoid encephalopathy with raised intra cranial pressure

1 Day ago

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Dr.Yash Mishra

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Acute typhoid encephalitis and if convulsions are not subside despite O2 and anticonvulsant it may be due to cardiac arrest.

4 Days ago

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Saleh Braik

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intracranial hemorrhage

4 Days ago

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Akshaye Rajesh

1

Typhoid Encephalopathy with Likely ICH due to Thrombocytopenia

5 Days ago

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Abu bakkar sadique

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septic shock

5 Days ago

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Sepsis related to typhoidal infection, intracranial bleeding from low platelets, can cause status epilepticus, and increased ICP can lead to death rapidly by coning.

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