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RISK FACTORS, CLINICAL SPECTRUM, DIAGNOSTIC AND OUTCOME PREDICTORS OF PATIENTS WITH ENCEPHALOPATHY BY DR. HARI PRIYA POST GRADUATE IN GENERAL MEDICINE DEPARTMENT KAMINENI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES KALOJI NARAYANA RAO UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES Loading… INTRODUCTION •ENCEPHALOPATHY is a broad term for any diffuse disease of the brain that alters brain structure or function. The hall mark of encephalopathy is altered mental status. •Encephalopathy may be caused by bacteria, virus, or prion, metabolic or mitochondrial dysfunction, ischemic or hypoxic ,brain tumour or increased intracranial pressure, long standing exposure to toxic substances like drugs, radiation, solvents, paints, industrial chemicals, and certain metals, trauma, poor nutrition, or lack of oxygen or blood flow to the brain. •In febrile illness, multiple pathogenic mechanisms can contribute to the encephalopathy. Pathological process can directly affect the central nervous system or indirectly affectin