Delayed encephalopathy following cardiac arrest.
A 46 year old woman suffered a post-operative cardiac arrest associated with prolonged depression of oxygenation and respiration. She made a good initial recovery but one year later insidiously developed symptoms of widespread central nervous system damage compatible with a delayed post-hypoxic encephalopathy. This case is unusual in the length of time between the hypoxic insult and the later deterioration and also illustrates other atypical features of a delayed post-hypoxic syndrome.
D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D004421:Dystonia / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000150:complications; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013997:Time Factors