EFFECTS OF NURSING FOR A 26-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WITH PUERPERAL ACUTE NECROTIZING ENCEPHALOPATHY DURING PUERPERIUM

Zhaomin Xie, Xuefen Li, Mengting Yu, Yan Huang, Yuanyuan Wang, Qian Zhou, Rongjing Yu, Duyanlu Wang, Min Wang, Jin Yu, Ting Li, Yunyi Li^*

Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, China

Introduction: Acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE) is an acute, explosive, and severe encephalopathy, which is characterized by convulsion, consciousness disturbance and symmetrical multifocal brain damage. 

Materials and methods: The mortality rate is as high as 30%, and survivors often suffer from neurological sequelae of different severity. 

Results: ANE, as a rare and globally distributed disease, is a group of clinical imaging syndromes of unknown etiology. The mortality rate of the disease is as high as 30%. 

Conclusions: This article discussed the nursing of ANE patients according to a case with ANE who recovered after treatment and nursing in this department.