The Silent Threat: Unraveling the Rare Catastrophic Complication after Elective Cranioplasty by Arvind KR, Joy Varghese, Senthilnath M.

“…Although cranioplasty seems to be a simple procedure, fatal complication of development of diffuse severe cerebral edema following cranioplasty although unusual have been reported in a few cases. …”
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Use of Hypertonic Continuous Venovenous Hemodiafiltration to Control Intracranial Hypertension in an End-Stage Renal Disease Patient by Stephen I. Rifkin, Ali R. Malek, Reza Behrouz

“…CVVHDF should be considered as an alternative treatment option in ESRD patients with cerebral edema who require hypertonic saline therapy.…”
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Dialysis Disequilibrium Syndrome: Brain death following hemodialysis for metabolic acidosis and acute renal failure – A case report by Bagshaw Sean M, Peets Adam D, Hameed Morad, Boiteau Paul JE, Laupland Kevin B, Doig Christopher J

“…<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Dialysis disequilibrium syndrome (DDS) is the clinical phenomenon of acute neurologic symptoms attributed to cerebral edema that occurs during or following intermittent hemodialysis (HD). …”
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Midline Splenial Lesion after Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage by Chulho Kim, Hyuk Jai Choi

“…Half of patients with MSCC had a symptomatic vasospasm, cerebral edema and hydrocephalus. Furthermore, all the MSCC patients in the extended shape group had cerebral edema and hydrocephalus. …”
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Craniectomy for malignant cerebral infarction: prevalence and outcomes in US hospitals. by Brian P Walcott, Elena V Kuklina, Brian V Nahed, Mary G George, Kristopher T Kahle, J Marc Simard, Wael F Asaad, Jean-Valery C E Coumans

“…Outcomes were comparable if recombinant tissue plasminogen activator had been administered.Craniectomy is being increasingly performed for malignant cerebral edema following large territory cerebral ischemia. …”
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A Case of MDMA-Associated Cerebral and Pulmonary Edema Requiring ECMO by A. Thakkar, K. Parekh, K. El Hachem, E. M. Mohanraj

“…Brain computed tomography (CT) demonstrated cerebral edema. Her hospital course was rapidly complicated by respiratory failure and shock requiring intubation and vasopressors. …”
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Epidemiology, Endovascular Treatment, and Prognosis of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: US Center Study of 152 Patients by Kristin Salottolo, Jeffrey Wagner, Donald F. Frei, David Loy, Richard J. Bellon, Kathryn McCarthy, Judd Jensen, Christopher Fanale, David Bar‐Or

“…The population was young (average age: 42 years), majority female (69%), and commonly presenting with cerebral edema (63%), and 72% were transferred in. All patients received systemic anticoagulation; 49% (n=73) required endovascular treatment. …”
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Delayed deterioration following the evacuation of posterior fossa extradural hematoma by Amit Agrawal, S. Satish Kumar, Umamaheswara Reddy V.

“…In addition there was a small speck of right frontal contusion with localized cerebral edema. The patient initially improved after evacuation of the hematoma. …”
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Sudden unexpected death after acute symptomatic seizures in a patient on mechanical ventilation by Raisa C. Martinez, Naoum P. Issa, Shasha Wu, Xi Liu, Sandra Rose, James X. Tao

“…She remained unresponsive after the convulsive seizure and died of diffuse cerebral edema 12 h later. Autopsy revealed no clear cause of death, except for possible hypoxic and ischemic injury leading to the diffuse cerebral edema. …”
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Use of biomarkers for predicting a malignant course in acute ischemic stroke: an observational case–control study by Alexandre Guimarães de Almeida Barros, Lucas Roquim e Silva, Alberlúcio Pessoa, Antonio Eiras Falcão, Luiz Alexandre Viana Magno, Daniela Valadão Freitas Rosa, Marco Aurelio Romano Silva, Debora Marques de Miranda, Rodrigo Nicolato

“…Patients with large vessel occlusion are at high risk of developing significant cerebral edema, which can lead to rapid neurological decline. …”
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N-Butylphthalide Alleviates Blood-Brain Barrier Impairment in Rats Exposed to Carbon Monoxide by Mingjun Bi, Mingwei Zhang, Dadong Guo, Weikang Bi, Bin Liu, Yong Zou, Qin Li

“…The results indicated that the brain water content was obviously increased, and the tight junctions (TJs) between endothelial cells were disrupted, resulting in significant cerebral edema and BBB dysfunction in a rat model of CO poisoning. …”
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Longitudinal brain white matter alterations in minimal hepatic encephalopathy before and after liver transplantation. by Wei-Che Lin, Kun-Hsien Chou, Chao-Long Chen, Hsiu-Ling Chen, Cheng-Hsien Lu, Shau-Hsuan Li, Chu-Chung Huang, Ching-Po Lin, Yu-Fan Cheng

“…Cerebral edema is the common pathogenic mechanism for cognitive impairment in minimal hepatic encephalopathy. …”
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Status Epilepticus in Post-Transplantation Hyperammonemia Involves Careful Metabolic Management by Vikram Venkata Puram, Brent Berry, Malik Ghannam, Yuka Furuya

“…Evidence of elevated intracranial pressure by invasive monitoring and neuroimaging findings of diffuse cerebral edema are commonly reported. Here we examine the therapeutic importance of identifying the specific cause of hyperammonemic encephalopathy, a condition which may result in status epilepticus and ultimately cerebral edema or even brain death.…”
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Clinical improvement and tumor regression in parturient with a brain tumor and intracranial bleeding after C-section with general anesthesia: A case report by Isngadi Isngadi, Ruddi Hartono, Andreas Willianto

“…The brain computed tomography (CT) revealed a mass at the left parasellar region with a bleeding component and cerebral edema accompanied by subfalcine herniation. We conducted general anesthesia for cesarean delivery in a patient with a brain-protective technique. …”
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Diabetic Ketoacidosis-Associated Stroke in Children and Youth by Jennifer Ruth Foster, Gavin Morrison, Douglas D. Fraser

“…Thrombotic risk during DKA is elevated by abnormalities in coagulation factors, platelet activation, blood volume and flow, and vascular reactivity. DKA-associated cerebral edema may also predispose to ischemic injury and hemorrhage, though cases of stroke without concomitant cerebral edema have been identified. …”
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Characterization of patients with intraparenchymal hemorrhagic cerebrovascular disease treated at the National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery by Claudia Morales-Álvarez, Daymet González-Rojas, Emmanuel Zayas-Fundora, Mary Claudia Arias-Yero, Alejandro Camilo Rodríguez-Acosta, Alexis González-Rojas

“…The personal history of arterial hypertension was found in most of the cases; showing a predominance of presentations in right structures and associated cerebral edema.…”
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Efficacy of two hemodialyses in patients with chronic renal failure complicated by massive intracerebral hemorrhage by Xiangyu Zhu, Qiu Han, Lei Xia, Jin Shang, Xianliang Yan

“…In the IHD group, the NIHSS scores and cerebral edema volume on postoperative days 7 and 14 were significantly higher than those on postoperative day 1. …”
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Application value of electrical impedance tomography in assessment of patients with brain injury by NING Yachan, YAN Bin, LIU Bo, WANG Chunmei

“…For cerebral edema, EIT can monitor intracranial pressure in real-time and evaluate the effectiveness of dehydration treatment. …”
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COVID-19-associated encephalopathy with fulminant cerebral vasoconstriction: CT and MRI findings by Reza Sirous, MD MPH, Reheleh Taghvaei, MD, Jeffery C. Hellinger, MD MBA, Alan V. Krauthamer, MD, Sam Mirfendereski, MD

“…We hereby present a fatal case of a 50-year-old male health care provider, admitted due to altered mental status due to encephalopathy, cerebral edema, and fulminant cerebral vasoconstriction caused by SARS-Cov-2. …”
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EDEMA SEREBRI SEBAGAI PREDIKTOR MORTALITAS PADA PERDARAHAN INTRASEREBRAL AKUT by , Anica Hadi, , dr.Mohammad Was�an, Sp.S (K).QIA

“…Subjects that died during this study were 31,81%. Mean volume of cerebral edema in the mortal group was 26,4±13,97 cm3 (95%CI: 6,67-17,25…”