Brain lesions in eclampsia: A series of 39 cases admitted in an Intensive Care Unit

The aim of this study was to identify the encephalic lesions in the eclampsia occurrences. Within a period of 18 months, computed tomography (CT) of the brain was performed in all patients admitted in intensive care for eclampsia. These CTs were analyzed and intracerebral lesions were identified. Th...

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Autores principales: Brouh, Y., Jean, Konan Kouassi, Ouattara, A., Tétchi, Y., Pete, Y., Koffi, N., Abhé, C., Kane, M.
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4810897/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27076731
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.178183
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author Brouh, Y.
Jean, Konan Kouassi
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Tétchi, Y.
Pete, Y.
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Kane, M.
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description The aim of this study was to identify the encephalic lesions in the eclampsia occurrences. Within a period of 18 months, computed tomography (CT) of the brain was performed in all patients admitted in intensive care for eclampsia. These CTs were analyzed and intracerebral lesions were identified. Thirty-nine patients were included. We noted 10 cases of ischemic stroke, 9 cases of cerebral edema, and 3 cases of hemorrhagic stroke and subarachnoid hemorrhage. The CT scan came back to normal in 20 eclamptic patients. Overall, delays in obstetric and intensive care and time of completion of the CT were long. CT has allowed highlighting in patients with eclampsia varied intracerebral lesions. The early performance of the CT is therefore essential for a better support of patients.
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spelling pubmed-48108972016-04-13 Brain lesions in eclampsia: A series of 39 cases admitted in an Intensive Care Unit Brouh, Y. Jean, Konan Kouassi Ouattara, A. Tétchi, Y. Pete, Y. Koffi, N. Abhé, C. Kane, M. Indian J Crit Care Med Case Report The aim of this study was to identify the encephalic lesions in the eclampsia occurrences. Within a period of 18 months, computed tomography (CT) of the brain was performed in all patients admitted in intensive care for eclampsia. These CTs were analyzed and intracerebral lesions were identified. Thirty-nine patients were included. We noted 10 cases of ischemic stroke, 9 cases of cerebral edema, and 3 cases of hemorrhagic stroke and subarachnoid hemorrhage. The CT scan came back to normal in 20 eclamptic patients. Overall, delays in obstetric and intensive care and time of completion of the CT were long. CT has allowed highlighting in patients with eclampsia varied intracerebral lesions. The early performance of the CT is therefore essential for a better support of patients. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4810897/ /pubmed/27076731 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.178183 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Pete, Y.
Koffi, N.
Abhé, C.
Kane, M.
Brain lesions in eclampsia: A series of 39 cases admitted in an Intensive Care Unit
title Brain lesions in eclampsia: A series of 39 cases admitted in an Intensive Care Unit
title_full Brain lesions in eclampsia: A series of 39 cases admitted in an Intensive Care Unit
title_fullStr Brain lesions in eclampsia: A series of 39 cases admitted in an Intensive Care Unit
title_full_unstemmed Brain lesions in eclampsia: A series of 39 cases admitted in an Intensive Care Unit
title_short Brain lesions in eclampsia: A series of 39 cases admitted in an Intensive Care Unit
title_sort brain lesions in eclampsia: a series of 39 cases admitted in an intensive care unit
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4810897/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27076731
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.178183
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