Pulmonary embolism complicated the course of anti-N-methyl-D aspartate receptor encephalitis in a pediatric intensive care unit setting: a case report.

Faruk Ekinci Rıza Dinçer Yıldızdaş Özden Özgür Horoz Ahmet Yöntem Gülen Gül Mert

Published in: Postgraduate medicine (2020)

Pulmonary embolism should be kept in mind as a possible cause of respiratory insufficiency in pediatric anti-NMDAR encephalitis patients along with altered consciousness, breathing instability, hypersalivation, status epilepticus or dystonia, and their treatment.

Keyphrases

pulmonary embolism
inferior vena cava
intensive care unit
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
early onset
patient reported outcomes