HYPOXIC-ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY IN ADULT
Abstract:
Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), is one of the most frequent and dramatic urgency
found in neurological brain diseases of adults. This is a neuro-vascular and neuro-metabolic syndrome,
caused by a shortage of supply of oxygen and glucose or their metabolism in the brain. HIE results from
a global hypoperfusion or oxygenation deficiency rather than from infarction in a specific vascular
cerebral territory. In adults, common etiologies include hypotension, cardiac arrest followed by
succesful resuscitation, and carbon monoxide poisoning. The prognosis is favorable with recovery in
case of mild or moderate hypoxia of short duration. Prognosis is unfavorable in hypoxic-ischaemic
encephalopathy after severe damage.
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