Table 2.

Comparative bioclinical and outcome characteristics of pediatric PRES cases secondary to sepsis of gastrointestinal origin

Parameters	Our case	Saley [3]	Rafee [5]
Age	12 years	5 years	11 years
Sex	Female	Female	Male
Medical history	None	None	None
Gastrointestinal lesion	Ileal perforation	Perforated appendicitis	Perforated appendicitis
Identified organisms	Not specified	E. coli, B. fragilis	E. coli, P. aeruginosa, S. constellatus, Bacteroides
Delay before admission	≈ 2 weeks	Prompt	7 days
Hypertension at admission	Grade 2	Grade 2	Grade 2
Organ dysfunction	Acute kidney injury	Pulmonary edema	None
Seizures	Yes	Yes	Yes
Visual disturbances	Yes (Cortical blindness)	No	No
Hemorrhage on MRI	Yes	No	No
Antiepileptic treatment	Benzodiazepine, Levetiracetam	Benzodiazepine, Fosphenytoin	Lorazepam
Antihypertensive treatment	IV Nicardipine	None	Oral Isradipine
Time to recovery	65 days	25 days	—