Pancreatic encephalopathy, a little-known complication of acute pancreatitis.

Paloma Albacete RódenasMaría Luisa Ortiz SánchezUrszula GajownikFernando Alberca de Las ParrasJosé Antonio Pons

Published in: Revista espanola de enfermedades digestivas : organo oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Patologia Digestiva (2021)

A 62-year-old male presented with severe post-ERCP acute pancreatitis. He required admission to the ICU in two moments due to respiratory and renal failure and neurological deterioration. On the hospitalization ward, he presented fluctuating alteration of the level of consciousness, with bradypsychia, disorientation and tendency to somnolence, which persisted after hemodynamic, metabolic and renal stabilization.

Keyphrases

early onset
intensive care unit
emergency department
mechanical ventilation
respiratory tract
cerebral ischemia
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation