Pulmonary embolism complicated the course of anti-N-methyl-D aspartate receptor encephalitis in a pediatric intensive care unit setting: A case report.
CONCLUSION: Pulmonary embolism should be kept in mind as a possible cause of respiratory insufficiency in pediatric anti-NMDAR encephalitis patients along with altered consciousness, breathing instability, hypersalivation, status epilepticus or dystonia and their treatment.
PMID: 32703058 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Postgraduate Medicine - Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Postgrad Med Source Type: research
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