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Acta clinica Croatica, Vol. 42 No. 4, 2003.

Case report

Metabolic Encephalopathies

Višnja Supanc
Vesna Vargek-Solter
Vida Demarin

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Abstract

Metabolic encephalopathies may be important complications of many diseases in patients treated at intensive care units. The term metabolic encephalopathies encompass a large variety of different conditions of the brain. Neurologic signs of metabolic encephalopathies, ancillary tests, differential diagnosis, etiology, pathophysiology and treatment are discussed in this review. Metabolic encephalopathies are usually multifactorial in origin and play an important role not only as diseases per se but also for monitoring the severity of decompensating organ functions during deteriorating primary diseases.

Keywords

Brain diseases -metabolic, diagnosis; Brain diseases - metabolic, physiopathology; Critical care; Shock - septic, diagnosis; Shock - septic, physiopathology; Multiple organ failure, diagnosis

Hrčak ID:

14701

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/14701

Publication date:

1.12.2003.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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