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Article

Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome: Differences between Pregnant and Non-Pregnant Patients

by
Luiz Carlos Porcello Marrone
1,*,
Giovani Gadonski
2,
Luciano Passamani Diogo
1,
João Pedro Farina Brunelli
1,
William Alves Martins
1,
Gabriela de Oliveira Laguna
1,
Laura Fuchs Bahlis
1,
João Rubião Hoefel-Filho
3,
Bartira Ercilia Pinheiro da Costa
2,
Carlos Eduardo Poli-de-Figueiredo
2,
Antônio Carlos Huf Marrone
1 and
Jaderson Costa da Costa
1
1
Service of Neurology, Instituto do Cérebro, Hospital São Lucas, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre
2
Service of Nephrology, Instituto do Cérebro, Hospital São Lucas, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre
3
Service of Radiology, Instituto do Cérebro, Hospital São Lucas, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Neurol. Int. 2014, 6(1), 5376; https://doi.org/10.4081/ni.2014.5376
Submission received: 28 February 2014 / Revised: 6 March 2014 / Accepted: 7 March 2014 / Published: 24 March 2014

Abstract

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a clinical-radiologic entity not yet understood, that presents with transient neurologic symptoms and particular radiological findings. Few papers show the differences between pregnant and non-pregnant patients. We review the cases of 38 women diagnosed with PRES, in order to find significant differences between pregnant (18) and non-pregnant (20) patients. We found differences among the age of patients (25.83 years old in pregnant and 29.31 years old in non pregnant; P=0.001); in the mean of highest systolic blood pressure, that was higher in non-pregnant group (185:162 mmHg; P=0.121); and in creatinine levels that was higher in non-pregnant group (3.47:1.04 mg/dL; P=0.001). To our knowledge, just a few papers analyzed whether PRES syndrome presented in the same way in pregnant and non-pregnant patients. The differences and the possible pathophisiology of this syndrome still remain enigmatic.
Keywords: posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome; reversible leukoencephalopathy; eclampsia/pre-eclampsia; brain magnetic resonance image; cerebral autoregulation posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome; reversible leukoencephalopathy; eclampsia/pre-eclampsia; brain magnetic resonance image; cerebral autoregulation

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Marrone, L.C.P.; Gadonski, G.; Diogo, L.P.; Brunelli, J.P.F.; Martins, W.A.; Laguna, G.d.O.; Bahlis, L.F.; Hoefel-Filho, J.R.; da Costa, B.E.P.; Poli-de-Figueiredo, C.E.; et al. Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome: Differences between Pregnant and Non-Pregnant Patients. Neurol. Int. 2014, 6, 5376. https://doi.org/10.4081/ni.2014.5376

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Marrone LCP, Gadonski G, Diogo LP, Brunelli JPF, Martins WA, Laguna GdO, Bahlis LF, Hoefel-Filho JR, da Costa BEP, Poli-de-Figueiredo CE, et al. Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome: Differences between Pregnant and Non-Pregnant Patients. Neurology International. 2014; 6(1):5376. https://doi.org/10.4081/ni.2014.5376

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Marrone, Luiz Carlos Porcello, Giovani Gadonski, Luciano Passamani Diogo, João Pedro Farina Brunelli, William Alves Martins, Gabriela de Oliveira Laguna, Laura Fuchs Bahlis, João Rubião Hoefel-Filho, Bartira Ercilia Pinheiro da Costa, Carlos Eduardo Poli-de-Figueiredo, and et al. 2014. "Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome: Differences between Pregnant and Non-Pregnant Patients" Neurology International 6, no. 1: 5376. https://doi.org/10.4081/ni.2014.5376

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