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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 6 Plateau viral encephalitis 26 cases [Keywords:] plateau, viral encephalitis, treatment The diagnosis of viral encephalitis depends on the epidemiology, clinical features and laboratory comprehensive judgments. The disease of acute onset, high fever, headache, vomiting, myoclonus and seizures, mostly associated with disturbance of consciousness, severe rapidly into a deep coma. Some starters for the mental disorder, dull expression, speech actions to reduce, unresponsive or agitation, incoherent speech, memory, disorientation, and even delusions, hallucinations, delusions and bizarre behavior, delirium can be. is the more common pediatric clinical caused by a variety of viral infections of central nervous system. severity ranging from mild cases and relieve itself, who was rapidly progressive critical process can lead to death and complications. Resident altitude of 3650 meters in our hospital, thin air, atmospheric pressure and oxygen partial pressure is low, patients with viral encephalitis in the hypoxic state will be worse, affect the treatment and prognosis. Our hospital from March 2004 to March 2008 were treated in the plateau 26 cases of viral encephalitis. Reports are as follows. 1 Clinical data 1.1 General Information The group of 26 patients, 18 males, 8 females. Aged 6 months to 12 years old. Pathogenesis of 17 cases admitted to hospital within 3 days, 3 days to 7 days hospitalized in 6 cases, more than 7 days in 3 patients. 1.2 All patients had clinical manifestations of fever, in addition there are varying degrees of headache, vomiting, convulsions, altered consciousness, and psychiatric symptoms, there are different degrees of meningeal irritation and the pyramidal tract disease. Seizures in 8 cases, are the big attack. 3 cases of disturbance of consciousness, of which 1 case of confusion, drowsiness in 2 patients. to psychiatric symptoms as the main manifestation in 4 cases, 18 patients had gastrointestinal