Review Article
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES): Series of cases
| Valerio EG*, Vetorazzi J, Cassiano AS and Donato RC | |
| Departament of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil | |
| *Corresponding Author : | Valerio EG Departament of Obstetrics and Gynecology-Adjunct Professor Faculty of Medicine of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) Brazil Tel: 555133598117 E-mail: dimarleigv@terra.com.br |
| Received date: Jan 14, 2016; Accepted date: Mar 31, 2016; Published date: April 05, 2016 | |
| Citation: Valerio EG, Vetorazzi J, Cassiano AS, Donato RC (2016) Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES): Series of Cases. J Preg Child Health 3:236. doi:10.4172/2376-127X.1000236 | |
| Copyright: © 2016 Valerio EG, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
Abstract
The hypertensive including preeclampsia, complicate more than 10% of all pregnancies and are the mainly cause of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality around the world. A rare syndrome associated with hypertension, preeclampsia and eclampsia is the syndrome of reversible posterior encephalopathy (PRES) also known as reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome. In these series of cases we reported patients with preeclampsia or eclampsia complicated with PRES at Porto Alegre Clinical Hospital during three years (2012 to 2015). Our purpose is to discuss frequent signs and symptoms and encourage early diagnosis, since its potential reversibility once the right treatment began at time.
