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Wernicke's Encephalopathy

Archives of Neurology, 1968
TO CARL WERNICKE, mental disorders were diseases of the brain. Wernicke, a German psychiatrist and neuroanatomist, devoted his career to finding the morphologic bases for psychiatric disorders. His description of hemorrhagic superior polioencephalitis, which became known as Wernicke's encephalopathy, was characteristic in that he defined the new entity
Irwin A. Brody, Robert H. Wilkins
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The Encephalopathy in Sepsis

Critical Care Clinics, 2008
Brain dysfunction is a severe complication of sepsis with an incidence ranging from 9% to 71% that is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Its diagnosis relies mainly on neurologic examination with clinical manifestations ranging from confusion to coma.
Tarek Sharshar   +2 more
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Diagnosis of Encephalopathy

Digestion, 1998
The features of hepatic encephalopathy (HE) are various. Slight ataxia combined with hypomimia, dysarthria and flapping tremor may represent HE just as minimal changes in personality or psychomotor slowing. Diagnosis of HE is made difficult by the fact that there is no symptom or serum biochemical test result that may produce evidence for the presence ...
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Diets in Encephalopathy [PDF]

open access: possibleClinics in Liver Disease, 2015
As many as 80% of patients with end-stage liver disease and hepatic encephalopathy have significant protein-calorie malnutrition. Because of the severe hypercatabolic state of cirrhosis, the provision of liberal amounts of carbohydrate (at least 35 to 40 kcal/kg per day), and between 1.2 and 1.6 g/kg of protein is necessary.
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Seizures and Encephalopathy

Seminars in Neurology, 2011
There is a complex relationship between seizures and encephalopathy. Seizures alone without any underlying neurologic or medical illness can be the sole cause of encephalopathy. Often these patients have a history of epilepsy, in which case accurate diagnosis is straightforward.
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Encephalopathy in scleromyxedema

Neurology, 1999
The authors monitored CSF findings for over 5 months in a patient with a fatal case of scleromyxedema and two episodes of encephalopathy. During both encephalopathy episodes, CSF protein and immunoglobulin G (IgG) levels were elevated without an increased IgG index or IgG synthesis rate. A CSF-dominant increase in the concentration of interleukin-6 (IL-
Ken Johkura   +4 more
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The epileptic encephalopathies

2013
The term epileptic encephalopathy refers to the condition where epileptic activity, clinical or subclinical, is thought to be responsible for any disturbance of cognition, behavior, or motor control. Although currently described as a concept that may occur in any of the epilepsies, children with the severe early onset epilepsies are thought to be more ...
Renzo Guerrini, J. Helen Cross
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Septic Encephalopathy

Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports, 2018
To discuss the diagnostic approach to patients with septic encephalopathy as well as the need for specific neuro-monitoring and the perspectives on future therapeutic approaches in this setting.Most of data-concern experimental studies evaluating the pathophysiology of septic encephalopathy.
Robba, Chiara   +2 more
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Hepatic Encephalopathy

New England Journal of Medicine, 2016
Goutham, Talari   +2 more
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Wernicke's Encephalopathy

Archives of Neurology, 1980
To the Editor.— Along with several metabolic disorders and nutritional deficiencies, Wernicke's encephalopathy (WE) has been shown to occur in patients intravenously nourished for prolonged periods of time with hypercaloric diets. 1-3 The clinical course of three cases of WE observed during the last two years at S.
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