“新皮层死亡”即脑电静止,预后极差,既便幸存者也会遗留下严重的中枢神经系统后遗症。我们治疗1例“新皮层死亡”72小时的患儿,获得完全恢复,现报告如下。患儿,女性,10个月,病前体健。于入院前半个月开始喘憋,按肺炎给予青霉素治疗,7天后喘憋好转,但精神欠佳、嗜睡,故转县医院治疗。住院后患儿出现间歇性抽搐,近5天体温不升,脑脊液检查无异常,血钙正常,又以“中毒性脑病,散发性脑炎?”于1989年7月12日转入我院。查体:体温35℃,发育正常,昏迷状态。全身皮肤未见黄染及出血点,头颅无畸形,前囱1×1厘米,稍饱满;两眼凝视,不 “Neo-cortical death,” which means that the brain is at rest, has a very poor prognosis, leaving survivors with a serious central nervous system sequelae. We treat 1 case of “neocortical death” for 72 hours in children, was fully recovered, are as follows. Children, women, 10 months, pre-illness health. In the first half of admission began wheezing, pneumonia given penicillin treatment, wheeze improved after 7 days, but poor health, lethargy, it transferred to the county hospital for treatment. Inpatients with intermittent convulsions after hospitalization, the body temperature did not rise nearly 5 days, no abnormalities in cerebrospinal fluid, serum calcium is normal, but also “toxic encephalopathy, sporadic encephalitis?” On July 12, 1989 into our hospital. Physical examination: body temperature 35 ℃, normal development, coma. No skin yellow dye and bleeding point, no deformity of the skull, front chimney 1 × 1 cm, slightly full; eyes staring, not