Abstract
Analysis of 82 children with complications of varicella with evaluation of damage to individual organ systems in relation to individual age groups and development of permanent consequences. Twenty six children were admitted to hospital for various neurological complications, other most frequent causes were dehydration and bacterial superinfection.
Five children underwent severe attacks of trombocytopenia, three cases of varicella pneumonia represented important implications as well. Unclassified complications made 16 percent of cases.
The therapy took into consideration character of the disease and included parenteral nutrition, intravenous antibiotics and antivirotics, immunoglobulins, anticonvulsive drugs and in cases of synovitis nonsteroidal antirheumatics.