Reversible obstructive hydrocephalus from hypertensive encephalopathy

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 433-439

  Kumar, Abhay ^a   Keyrouz, Salah G ^b   Willie, Jon T ^a   Dhar, Rajat ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain edema; Hydrocephalus; Hypertension; Hypertensive encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; NICARDIPINE; PHENYTOIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISORIENTATION; DROWSINESS; DYSARTHRIA; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTRUCTIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSIBLE OBSTRUCTIVE HYDROCEPHALUS FROM HYPERTENSIVE ENCEPHALOPATHY; SEPSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; CASE REPORT; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

BRAIN EDEMA; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERTENSIVE ENCEPHALOPATHY; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84873039512     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-011-9663-z     Document Type: Article

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