Misdiagnosis of Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome and Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome in the Emergency Department

Misdiagnosis of Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome and Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome in the Emergency Department

Background Cerebrovascular dysregulation syndromes, posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) and reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS), are challenging to diagnose because they are rare and require advanced neuroimaging for confirmation. We sought to estimate PRES/RCVS misd...

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Main Authors: Ava L. Liberman, Cenai Zhang, Neal S. Parikh, Setareh Salehi Omran, Babak B. Navi, Richard I. Lappin, Alexander E. Merkler, Jed H. Kaiser, Hooman Kamel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-10-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
diagnostic error
emergency medicine
posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome
reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome
stroke
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.123.030009

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