Key result
Pediatric poliomyelitis case series details acute clinical problems arising during the initial two-week observation period.
Why the study?
Clinical experience with acute poliomyelitis in children admitted to a pediatric service was reported to address problems during the acute phase of the disease.
Population
464 children with acute poliomyelitis admitted to University of Minnesota Hospitals
Design
Observational case series
Follow-up
Approximately two weeks
Authors
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Historical case series benchmarks acute pediatric polio presentation; leaves open relevance to contemporary enteroviral or vaccine-preventable paralytic illnesses.
Observational (n=464)
No
This historical case series describes the acute clinical presentation of 464 children during the 1946 poliomyelitis epidemic in Minnesota.
Clifford G. Grulee (1948) conducted an observational in Acute poliomyelitis (n=464). A review of 464 children admitted for acute poliomyelitis during the 1946 Minnesota epidemic focused on clinical problems arising during the acute phase over a two-week observation period.
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