A 14-month-old male was admitted to hospital with a 2-day history of irritability, vomiting and pyrcxia (4O.5°Q. He had not voided urine in the previous 24 hours. On examination he was extremely irritable and dehydrated (weight 8.8 kg), with obvious abdominal distension. His temperature was 37.5°C, the pulse rate was 150/min and the arterial systolic blood pressure was 150 mm Hg measured with a...

Certain chemical and pharmacological properties of sodium nitroprusside, a cheap, readily available chemical, have been described. It is a powerful hypotensive agent when given intravenously to hypertensive patients. It is no more effective than the sodium thiocyanate into which it is converted when given by mouth. Prolonged infusion has proved highly effective in the treatment of hypertensive ...

INTRODUCTION Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome is a clinicoradiologic entity characterized by headache, seizures, decreased vision, impaired consciousness and white matter oedema in bilateral occipitoparietal regions. Hypertensive encephalopathy, eclampsia, immunosuppressive/cytotoxic drugs, organ transplantation, renal disease, autoimmune diseases and vasculitides are reported risk ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Distribution of lesions or involvement of specific anatomic sites can suggest the diagnosis of disease. The purpose of this study was to investigate what diseases affect both middle cerebellar peduncles (MCPs) and to evaluate other MR features for differential diagnosis. METHODS MR findings of 27 patients (14 male and 13 female; age range, 4-77 years [mean, 48.5 years])...

Posterior reversible encephalopathy is a complex but well-recognized clinical and radiological entity associated with a variety of benign and malignant conditions including hypertensive encephalopathy, eclampsia, renal failure and immunosuppressive drugs. The pathogenesis is incompletely understood, although it seems to be related to the breakthrough of auto-regulation and endothelial dysfuncti...