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digestive system organs, reye's syndrome involves brain damage, encephalopathy, liver damage of an unknown cause, the use of aspirin to treat chickenpox, influenza in children, reye's syndrome, often seen in children from 4 to 12 years old, a peak incidence at age 6, children who, given aspirin-containing medicines they have either chickenpox, varicella, flu, influenza, illness has a rapid onset, vary greatly, changes in mental status occur, delirium, combative behavior, coma, reye's syndrome follows an upper respiratory infection, uri, chickenpox, a week, frequently begins, vomiting, is persistent over many hours, vomiting is rapidly followed by irritable, combative behavior, the condition progresses, child, become semi-conscious, stuporous, ultimately, seizures, coma develop, quickly lead to death, a history of preceding uri, chickenpox, 1 week previously, nausea, vomiting, mental status changes, lethargy, confusion, combative behavior, loss of consciousness, coma, seizures, unusual posturing, decerebrate posture, the arms, extended straight, turned toward the body, legs, held straight, toes, pointed downward, symptoms that associated, weakness in arms, legs, muscle function loss, paralysis, the arms, legs, double vision, speech difficulties, hearing loss, blood chemistry tests shows low glucose, hypoglycemia, elevated liver enzymes, liver function tests, elevated serum ammonia test, a liver biopsy, a spinal tap, cerebral spinal fluid analysis, a neurological examination, a head ct, head mri scan that rules out other causes, mental status changes, a variety of other tests that indicated, intensive, supportive care is needed, specific treatment measures, determined, intravenous fluids, electrolytes, glucose, steroids, given to reduce swelling, in the brain, intensive monitoring, the pressure, the brain, blood gases, blood ph, breathing using a mechanical ventilator needed, a deep coma, illness was more common, high-technology treatments charcoal hemoperfusion, to filter out blood toxins, were used, success, outcome is related, severity, the coma, factors, average death rate, 40%, who survive the acute episode is good, incidence of permanent brain damage is not known, thought to be related, severity, the coma, permanent brain damage, coma, child has confusion, lethargy, mental changes, suspect this illness, never give aspirin to a child, specifically authorized by a physician, a child is taking aspirin, steps must be, minimize the risk of acquiring a viral illness influenza, varicella vaccinations, over-the-counter medications pepto-bismol, compounds containing oil of wintergreen also contain salycilates, should not be given to children, colds, fever.