Hypertensive emergency and seizures in a 30‐year‐old man with anti–glomerular basement membrane disease | Zendy

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Hypertensive emergency and seizures in a 30‐year‐old man with anti–glomerular basement membrane disease

Author(s) -

Mascola Michael,

Karmali Rehan,

Mathews Joshua,

Obligado Sergio

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

clinical case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21

H-Index - 9

ISSN - 2050-0904

DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.3361

Subject(s) - medicine , hypertensive encephalopathy , blood pressure , glomerular basement membrane , posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome , complication , disease , basement membrane , emergency department , epilepsy , anesthesia , cardiology , intensive care medicine , pathology , glomerulonephritis , magnetic resonance imaging , kidney , radiology , psychiatry

Anti–glomerular basement membrane disease can rapidly lead to renal failure and blood pressure dysregulation. A rare complication is hypertensive encephalopathy in the form of seizures. Patients who have a negative initial seizure workup should have an MRI. These patients need tight blood pressure control and monitoring to prevent future seizures.

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