Pediatric Cefepime Neurotoxicity
| Autor: | Christopher E. Belcher, Lindsay C. Landgrave, John L. Lock, J. Maria Whitmore |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics Neurotoxicity Syndrome Adolescent Cefepime Acute encephalopathy Developmental Neuroscience Altered Mental Status medicine Humans Intensive care medicine Decreased responsiveness business.industry Neurotoxicity Acute kidney injury Acute Kidney Injury medicine.disease Anti-Bacterial Agents Cephalosporins Neurology Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Toxicity Female Neurotoxicity Syndromes Neurology (clinical) business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Pediatric Neurology. 47:458-460 |
| ISSN: | 0887-8994 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2012.08.017 |
| Popis: | Cefepime toxicity is characterized by altered mental status, confusion, and decreased responsiveness. We describe a 14-year-old girl who developed acute encephalopathy associated with supratherapeutic cefepime concentrations in the setting of acute renal failure. The authors were unable to identify any previous reports of this occurrence in a child. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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