Untreated, hypertensive encephalopathy may progress to stupor, coma, seizures, and death within hours.
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The impairment of cerebral blood flow that underlies hypertensive encephalopathy is still controversial.
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Symptoms of hypertensive encephalopathy typically start to occur 12 48 hours after a sudden and sustained increase in blood pressure.
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Hypertensive encephalopathy-characterized by hypertension, altered mentation, and papilledema-is one of the clinical manifestations of cerebral edema and microhemorrhages seen with dysfunction of cerebral autoregulation.
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This may include hypertensive encephalopathy, caused by brain swelling and dysfunction, and characterized by headaches and an altered level of consciousness ( confusion or drowsiness ).
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Eclampsia is a form of hypertensive encephalopathy : cerebral vascular resistance is reduced, leading to increased blood flow to the brain, cerebral edema and resultant convulsions.
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Signs and symptoms of hypertensive encephalopathy may include severe headache, nausea and vomiting ( often of a projectile nature ), focal neurologic signs, and alterations in mental status.
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She identified herself as a doctor who worked at a Havana hospital where Castro had been treated last October for hypertensive encephalopathy, or high blood pressure around the brain.
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It is important to distinguish hypertensive encephalopathy from other neurologic syndromes that may be associated with hypertension, e . g ., cerebral ischemia, hemorrhagic or thrombotic stroke, uremic encephalopathy.
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The paper reported July 19 that a former surgeon at a Havana hospital said Castro was hospitalized from Oct . 22-28 for treatment of hypertensive encephalopathy, a brain disease.
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