Deep coma and diffuse white matter abnormalities caused by sepsis-associated encephalopathy

The Lancet

Volumn 381, Issue 9884, 2013, Pages 2222-

  Luitse, Merel J A ^a   Van Asch, Charlotte J J ^a   Klijn, Catharina J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BABINSKI REFLEX; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COLON POLYPOSIS; COLON RESECTION; COMA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONSULTATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEG MUSCLE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYOPATHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION; SEDATION; SEPSIS ASSOCIATED ENCEPHALOPATHY; SEPTIC SHOCK; WHITE MATTER LESION;

EID: 84879238651     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60682-0     Document Type: Article

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