A treatable encephalopathy in a peritoneal dialysis patient - Cefepime-induced encephalopathy

Ching Khoo; Tze Tee; Hui Jan Tan; Raymond Azman Ali

doi:10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_315_18

A treatable encephalopathy in a peritoneal dialysis patient - Cefepime-induced encephalopathy

Ching Khoo, Tze Tee, Hui Jan Tan, Raymond Azman Ali

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Abstract

We report a patient with end-stage renal disease on peritoneal dialysis, who developed encephalopathy after receiving a few doses of cefepime. He recovered clinically and electroencephalographically after having discontinued the culprit agent and undergone hemodialysis. This case highlights the importance of promptly recognizing this reversible encephalopathy, which can lead to the avoidance of unnecessary workup, reduce the length of hospital stay, and thereby improve the patients' outcome.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	324-326
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
Volume	10
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_315_18
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2019

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Brain Diseases

Peritoneal Dialysis

Length of Stay

Chronic Kidney Failure

Renal Dialysis

cefepime

Keywords

Cefepime
encephalopathy
myoclonus
peritoneal dialysis
triphasic waves

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Neuroscience(all)
Clinical Neurology

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Khoo, C., Tee, T., Tan, H. J., & Ali, R. A. (2019). A treatable encephalopathy in a peritoneal dialysis patient - Cefepime-induced encephalopathy. Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice, 10(2), 324-326. https://doi.org/10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_315_18

A treatable encephalopathy in a peritoneal dialysis patient - Cefepime-induced encephalopathy. / Khoo, Ching; Tee, Tze; Tan, Hui Jan ; Ali, Raymond Azman.

In: Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice, Vol. 10, No. 2, 01.04.2019, p. 324-326.

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Khoo, C, Tee, T, Tan, HJ & Ali, RA 2019, 'A treatable encephalopathy in a peritoneal dialysis patient - Cefepime-induced encephalopathy', Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 324-326. https://doi.org/10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_315_18

Khoo C, Tee T, Tan HJ , Ali RA. A treatable encephalopathy in a peritoneal dialysis patient - Cefepime-induced encephalopathy. Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice. 2019 Apr 1;10(2):324-326. https://doi.org/10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_315_18

Khoo, Ching ; Tee, Tze ; Tan, Hui Jan ; Ali, Raymond Azman. / A treatable encephalopathy in a peritoneal dialysis patient - Cefepime-induced encephalopathy. In: Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice. 2019 ; Vol. 10, No. 2. pp. 324-326.

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