Acute kidney injury and posterior reversible encephalopathy syndromea case report

  • Alka Chandra Department Of Anaesthesia & Critical Care, North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) Medical College & Hindu Rao Hospital, DR. J.S. Kkaranwal Memorial Road, Malka Ganj, New Delhi, Delhi 110007, (India)
  • Anshumali Gupta Department Of Anaesthesia & Critical Care, North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) Medical College & Hindu Rao Hospital, DR. J.S. Kkaranwal Memorial Road, Malka Ganj, New Delhi, Delhi 110007, (India)
  • Divya Arora Department Of Anaesthesia & Critical Care, North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) Medical College & Hindu Rao Hospital, DR. J.S. Kkaranwal Memorial Road, Malka Ganj, New Delhi, Delhi 110007, (India)
  • Sanjeev Singh Chauhan Department of Neurology, North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) Medical College & Hindu Rao Hospital, DR. J.S. Kkaranwal Memorial Road, Malka Ganj, New Delhi, Delhi 110007, (India)
Keywords: Hypertension, Kidney function tests, Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome, PRES

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.

 

Published
01-20-2019
How to Cite
Chandra, A., Gupta, A., Arora, D., & Chauhan, S. S. (2019). Acute kidney injury and posterior reversible encephalopathy syndromea case report. Anaesthesia, Pain & Intensive Care, 377-379. Retrieved from https://apicareonline.com/index.php/APIC/article/view/124
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Case Reports