Acute Kidney Injury and Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome- a Case Report. | [Anaesthesia, Pain and Intensive Care • 2017]

Author(s):

1. Alka Chandra: Department Of Anaesthesia & Critical Care, North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) Medical College & Hindu Rao Hospital, New Delhi, Delhi, India

2. Anshumali Gupta: Department Of Anaesthesia & Critical Care, North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) Medical College & Hindu Rao Hospital, New Delhi, Delhi, India

3. Divya Arora: Department Of Anaesthesia & Critical Care, North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) Medical College & Hindu Rao Hospital, New Delhi, Delhi, India

4. Sanjeev Singh Chauhan: Department of Neurology, North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) Medical College & Hindu Rao Hospital, New Delhi, Delhi, India

Abstract:

A 30 year old postpartum female presented to us with clinical features of headache, vomiting, hypertension, blurring of vision and altered sensorium. On investigating she had anemia and deranged kidney function tests. The computerised tomography (CT) scan head findings were suggestive of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES), which was confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain. The patient responded to symptomatic treatment and was discharged with normal MRI of head and normal kidney function test. We would like to highlight this neuro-radiological condition, which if treated promptly, has a good outcome.

Page(s): 377-379

DOI: DOI not available

Published: Journal: Anaesthesia, Pain and Intensive Care, Volume: 21, Issue: 3, Year: 2017

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