PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | brain edema |
| Symptom | C0019270|herniation |
| Sentences | 6 |
| PubMedID- 24106719 | Four patients (13%) died; three of them died of neurological causes (two of intracerebral hemorrhage, one of severe brain edema with herniation), and one patient died of secondary sepsis resulting in multiple organ failure. |
| PubMedID- 23316223 | Neuropathological studies revealed that the main cause of death in alf was cerebral herniation with brain edema as the result of astrocyte swelling . |
| PubMedID- 23762040 | Arterial ammonia level directly correlates to the risk of impending brain herniation due to brain edema . |
| PubMedID- 20492684 | Ammonia, a key toxin in these substances , is related to brain edema and may lead to cerebral herniation, which is a major cause of death in patients with acute liver failure. |
| PubMedID- 20524080 | Conclusion: while previous reports have demonstrated the feasibility of decompressive hemicraniectomy in selected patients with cvst and beginning herniation due to space occupying brain edema, venous infarction and congestional bleeding with mass effect, our rare case supports the notion that this procedure can also be life-saving in pregnant women. |
| PubMedID- 23222492 | Gross examination at autopsy revealed moderate brain edema with bilateral uncal herniation and a ventriculostomy tract to the third ventricle. |
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