Exempel på encephalopathy

• The diagnosis of bacteraemia was based on a combination of clinical signs (fever, hypothermia, encephalopathy and hypotension) and one or several positive blood cultures.

• One case of reversible encephalopathy occurred in the highdose fingolimod treatment group.

• In cortico-subcortical and multifocal encephalopathies physical symptoms and signs emerge along with the psychological disturbance.

• At its extreme, sufferers develop severe encephalopathy, blindness and neurological disorders.

• Post-ischaemic encephalopathies include cortical laminar necrosis, multiple post-ischaemic lesions or hippocampal sclerosis related to cardiac or respiratory arrest or hypotension.

• Various other conditions, for example, hypercalcemia, encephalopathy, shortness of breath, or side effects from medications, may also cause some of the symptoms of terminal restlessness.

• An asymmetrical frontoparietal defect is seen in corticobasal degeneration, whereas multifocal lesions are demonstrated in subacute spongiform encephalopathy.

• Could an endogenous benzodiazepine ligand contr ibute to hepatic encephalopathy?

• High toxin levels persist in her body causing inflammation of the brain (encephalopathy) and a comalike condition.

• It is the neuropsychological deficit which results from chronic brain disease or encephalopathy.

• Despite the apparent heterogeneity of symptoms, in the early stages of the disease, there is a characteristic disorder, rarely seen in other encephalopathies.

• Diabetes in later life of some diabetic subjects and contributing to a process of diabetic encephalopathy.

• Familial spongiform encephalopathy associated with a novel prion protein gene mutation.

• A consensus has not been established for the criteria to discriminate severe from moderate encephalopathy.

• It may be asymptomatic or present with gastrointestinal symptoms, ascites, encephalopathy and oesophageal varices, which may cause haemorrhage.