Metabolic encephalopathy
| Metabolic encephalopathy |
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Metabolic encephalopathy is either secondary to other organ failure, or is the result of metabolic brain disease. It is associated with memory loss, vertigo, and generalized weakness.
Causes
Common Causes
- Diabetic Ketoacidosis
- Hyperadrenocorticism
- Hypercalcemia
- Hypercalcemia
- Hypercarbia
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Hypoglycemia
- Hyponatremia
- Hypothyroidism
- Hypoxia
- Ion imbalance
- Porphyria
- Porphyria
- Pyridoxine deficiency
- Sepsis
- Thiamine deficiency
- Uremia
- Vitamin B12 Deficiency
- Wernicke's Encephalopathy
Causes by Organ System
| Cardiovascular | Ischemia |
| Chemical/Poisoning | Carbon monoxide poisoning, Cyanide poisoning, Mercury poisoning, Toxins |
| Dental | No underlying causes |
| Dermatologic | No underlying causes |
| Drug Side Effect | Drugs |
| Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
| Endocrine | Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Hyperadrenocorticism, Hypercalcemia, Hyperparathyroidism, Hyponatremia, Hypothyroidism, Porphyria, Wernicke's Encephalopathy, |
| Environmental | No underlying causes |
| Gastroenterologic | Liver disease, Porphyria, |
| Genetic | No underlying causes |
| Hematologic | Hypercalcemia, Hypercarbia, Hypoglycemia, Hypoxia, Ion imbalance, Porphyria, Pyridoxine deficiency, Sepsis, Thiamine deficiency, Uremia, Vitamin B12 Deficiency |
| Iatrogenic | Dialysis, Organ transplantation |
| Infectious Disease | Sepsis |
| Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic | No underlying causes |
| Neurologic | Dopamine deficiency, Epilepsy, Hyperosmolar coma, Inadequate brain perfusion |
| Nutritional/Metabolic | Diabetic Ketoacidosis |
| Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
| Oncologic | No underlying causes |
| Ophthalmologic | No underlying causes |
| Overdose/Toxicity | No underlying causes |
| Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
| Pulmonary | No underlying causes |
| Renal/Electrolyte | Dialysis, Electrolyte disturbance, Renal failure |
| Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy | No underlying causes |
| Sexual | No underlying causes |
| Trauma | Heat stroke |
| Urologic | Uremia |
| Miscellaneous | No underlying causes |
Causes in Alphabetical Order[1] [2]
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