Rapidly progressive brain atrophy in septic ICU patients: a retrospective descriptive study using semiautomatic CT volumetry.
Ryuta NakaeTetsuro SekineTakashi TagamiYasuo MuraiEigo KodaniGeoffrey WarnockHidetaka SatoAkio MoritaHiroyuki YokotaShoji YokoboriPublished in: Critical care (London, England) (2021)
Many ICU patients with severe sepsis who developed prolonged mental status changes and neurological sequelae showed signs of brain atrophy. Patients with rapidly progressive brain atrophy were more likely to have required mechanical ventilation.
Keyphrases
- mechanical ventilation
- intensive care unit
- resting state
- white matter
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- multiple sclerosis
- end stage renal disease
- cerebral ischemia
- acute kidney injury
- functional connectivity
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- computed tomography
- respiratory failure
- magnetic resonance imaging
- contrast enhanced
- dual energy
- patient reported outcomes
- patient reported