Brain death in a septic patient: Possible relationship with posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome?

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1017-1020

  Huberlant, V ^a   Cosnard, G ^a,b   Hantson, P E ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b Department of Neuroradiology ^*

Author keywords

Brain death; Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome; Septic shock

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; SEPTICEMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 74049118881     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0903700639     Document Type: Article

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