Clinical-psychiatric diagnosis of uremic encephalopathy in pediatric patient. Case report

Authors

  • Dalianna Milagros Montalvo-Sánchez Facultad No.1 de Medicina, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas, Santiago de Cuba https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7420-5541
  • Claudia Dayalis Sarmiento-Baralt Facultad No.1 de Medicina, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas, Santiago de Cuba
  • Arturo Ernesto Revilla-Díaz Facultad No.1 de Medicina, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas, Santiago de Cuba https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2896-6061
  • Ariane Hernández-Trujillo Hospital Infantil Norte Docente “Juan de la Cruz Martínez Maceira”, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas, Santiago de Cuba https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3528-5005

Keywords:

Diagnosis, Encephalopathy, Case presentation, Uremia

Abstract

Introduction: chronic renal failure is a rare condition in children; However, it needs adequate and highly specialized treatment. One of its most serious complications is uremic encephalopathy; which, despite the advances of science in the 21st century, remains unknown.

Objective: to describe the case of a pediatric patient with a diagnosis of uremic encephalopathy, at the “Juan de la Cruz Martínez Maceira” Children's Hospital Norte Docente, Santiago de Cuba, in 2022.

Case presentation: 17-year-old adolescent with a history of Chronic Kidney Failure secondary to Glomerulopathy and Hypertensive Heart Disease who presents psychiatric manifestations and alterations on clinical examination. Critical condition is reported and after the established therapy the patient evolves favorably.

Conclusions: the diagnosis of this entity is complex, so it is necessary to take into account both the elements of the complementary examinations and the physical and psychiatric examination.

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2024-09-01

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Montalvo-Sánchez DM, Sarmiento-Baralt CD, Revilla-Díaz AE, Hernández-Trujillo A. Clinical-psychiatric diagnosis of uremic encephalopathy in pediatric patient. Case report. MedEst [Internet]. 2024 Sep. 1 [cited 2024 Nov. 21];4(3):e178. Available from: https://revmedest.sld.cu/index.php/medest/article/view/178

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Vol. 4 No. 3 (2024): SEPTIEMBRE-DICIEMBRE

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CASE PRESENTATION

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