Haemorrhagic shock encephalopathy syndrome (HSES)
The aetiopathogenesis of haemorrhagic shock encephalopathy syndrome (HSES) remains unclear and after concern that a novel environmental agent was the cause, the British Paediatric Association and the Public Health Laboratory Service Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre in 1983 initiated surveillance of this condition in the British Isles. After 1986 cases were ascertained via the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit 'active' reporting scheme.
Lead investigator
Dr S M Hall
About the study
The aetiopathogenesis of haemorrhagic shock encephalopathy syndrome (HSES) was unclear and after concern that a novel environmental agent was the cause, the British Paediatric Association and the Public Health Laboratory Service Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre in 1983 initiated surveillance of this condition in the British Isles. After 1986 cases were ascertained via the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit ‘active’ reporting scheme.
Duration
June 1986 – December 1988
Published papers
Haemorrhagic shock encephalopathy syndrome in the British Isles. | Archives of Disease in Childhood
BPSU Third Annual Report 1988-89