Uraemic encephalopathy

Evidence-based neurology checklist on uraemic encephalopathy: Cognitive features Fluctuating cognition Impaired concentration Frontal lobe dysfunction Movement disorders Neuropsychiatric features Pyramidal features Other features Electroencephalogram (EEG): features Magnetic resonance imaging…

Cognitive features

  • Fluctuating cognition
  • Impaired concentration

Frontal lobe dysfunction

Movement disorders

Neuropsychiatric features

Pyramidal features

Other features

Electroencephalogram (EEG): features

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain: features

References

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