“…There were 8 deaths in this group of patients. 4 Results similar to these were also described by Couce et al, who observed 31 cases of patients with IEM out of 1,104 admissions to the pediatric ward over an 8-year period, accounting for 1.63% of all hospitalizations. Of these cases, 18 required intensive care, and 12 patients had a clinical picture of acute encephalopathy that did not require ICU care.…”