Sepsis associated encephalopathy (SAE): pathology

Evidence-based neurology checklist on sepsis associated encephalopathy (sae): pathology: Pathology This is diffuse brain dysfunction secondary to infection outside the central nervous system It develops in 50-70% of people with sepsis Pathophysiological mechanisms Frequently associated organisms…

Pathology

  • This is diffuse brain dysfunction secondary to infection outside the central nervous system
  • It develops in 50-70% of people with sepsis

Pathophysiological mechanisms

Frequently associated organisms

Synonym

References

  1. Gofton TE, Young GB. Sepsis-associated encephalopathy. Nat Rev Neurol 2012; 8:557-566.
  2. Chen J, Shi X, Diao M, et al. A retrospective study of sepsis-associated encephalopathy: epidemiology, clinical features and adverse outcomes. BMC Emerg Med 2020; 20:77. 
  3. Gao Q, Hernandes MS. Sepsis-associated encephalopathy and blood-brain barrier dysfunction. Inflammation 2021 (Online ahead of print).
  4. Catarina AV, Branchini G, Bettoni L, De Oliveira JR, Nunes FB. Sepsis-associated encephalopathy: from pathophysiology to progress in experimental studies. Mol Neurobiol 2021; 58:2770-2779.
  5. Tauber SC, Djukic M, Gossner J, Eiffert H, Brück W, Nau R. Sepsis-associated encephalopathy and septic encephalitis: an update. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2021; 19:215-231.
  6. And 10 more. Subscribe to see the full list

Related checklists

Loading...