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encephalopathy [en‚sef·ə′läp·ə·thē] (medicine) Any disease of the brain. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The strength of our data is that we carefully excluded all patients who had a clear indication for hypertension treatment, such as those with hypertensive encephalopathy or other hypertensive emergencies. One effect of hypertension is known as acute hypertensive encephalopathy, a swelling of the brain and a short-circuiting of the nervous pathways. An acute rise in systemic blood pressure resulting in hypertensive encephalopathy is the most commonly reported etiology of PRES. |
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