Background: Due to lack of proven therapies,we evaluated the effect of CBP on Influenza-Associated Neurological Disease in children.
Methods: A single-center, retrospective, cohort study was conducted in Luoyang, Henan province China from January 2018 to January 2020. The children with Influenza-associated neurological disease (<18 years old) were enrolled into this study. The children with CBP indications and the parents’ consent received CBP, and the others were treated with maximal intensive care due to failure of parents consent. The outcomes were compared between CBP group and non-CBP group.Categorical variables were presented as percentage and compared by Chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test. Continuous variables were expressed as median (interquartile ranges) and compared with non-parametric independent sample test. Statistical analyses were finished by SPSS (version 26.0) and p < 0.05 (2 tailed) was considered statistically significant.
Results: 30 influenza children with Influenza-associated neurological disease were enrolled in this study. 18 received CBP and other 12 were treated with maximal intensive care. There were no differences between CBP and non-CBP children in age, sex, body weight, type of influenza virus, neurological complications, Glasgow score, PIM-2 score and PCIS at admission (p > 0.05). The inflammatory factors (CRP, PCT and IL-6) of 30 cases were tested at admission and after 3 days of admission. In CBP group, the level of IL-6 decreased significantly at 3-day of admission (p = 0.003), the level of CRP and PCT also decreased, but there was no significant difference (p > 0.05). In the non-CBP group, there were no significant difference on level of CRP, PCT and IL-6 between at admission and 3-day of admission (p > 0.05). The 28-day mortality in the CBP group was significantly lower compared to non-CBP group (11.11% vs 50%, p = 0.034).
Conclusions: CBP could Reduce inflammatory factors and may reduce 28-day mortality and improve neurologic function of influenza children.
Trial registration: http://www.chictr.org.cn/index.aspx (ChiCTR2000031754).