Abstract

ALVAREZ ESCALANTE, Leidy Constanza  and  VARGAS PLAZAS, Hernán Isaías. Cefepime encephalopathy in a kidney patient: an adverse reaction to the drug. Rev. colomb. cienc. quim. farm. [online]. 2019, vol.48, n.2, pp.372-384. ISSN 0034-7418.  https://doi.org/10.15446/rcciquifa.v48n2.82715.

The adverse reaction to medications represents a major problem for the health of patients in hospital management, which we encounter on a regular basis during medical practice and whose association we do not identify in a timely manner, but increase morbidity and mortality and hospital stay; In this article we present the clinical case of a patient with severe encephalopathy associated with the use of cefepima, the clinical deterioration evidenced during the hospitalization process and the reasoning through which an adverse type A reaction was identified as a cause of encephalopathy.

Keywords : Neurotoxicity; side effects of drugs; cephalosporins; cefepima.

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