Pediatric transfusion-associated posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome

• Main Authors: Siddhant Lalwani (Author), Guruprasad Hassan Shankar (Author), Priscilla Joshi (Author), Bhakti Sarangi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a clinicoradiological syndrome characterized by headache, altered mental state, seizures, and visual loss. It has a diverse etiology, of which hypertension is the most common. However, transfusion-associated PRES is being increasingly recognized...