Open AccessRisk factors for poor outcome in posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome: systematic review and meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Zheng Chen,
Gang Zhang,
Alexander Lerner,
Anhui Wang,
Bo Gao,
Jie Liu
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.766
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2223-4292
pISSN - 2223-4306
DOI - 10.21037/qims.2018.05.07
Subject(s) - eclampsia , medicine , meta analysis , odds ratio , posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome , confidence interval , etiology , cochrane library , pregnancy , magnetic resonance imaging , genetics , radiology , biology
The roles of clinical etiology and symptoms, imaging findings and biochemical parameters in predicting the prognosis of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) have not been well-characterized. We perform a meta-analysis of all published studies to assess the value of various risk factors in predicting the prognosis of PRES.