[A case of hypoxic encephalopathy in the course of chronic spastic bronchitis and pulmonary emphysema].
Respiratory insufficiency appearing during chronic lung diseases leads to hypoxemia, hypercapnia, acidosis, right ventricular failure and secondary polyglobulia. These disturbances lead to respiratory encephalopathy which is characterized by the appearance of various types of neurological syndromes. We present here the case of a patient suffering from chronic spastic bronchitis accompanied by pulmonary emphysema, whose consciousness disturbances, a generalized epileptic seizure and hemiparesis were connected with his respiratory insufficiency intensifying during the basic disease. Removal of metabolic disturbances caused by respiratory insufficiency has a key role in preventing secondary neurological syndromes.
Iłzecka
J
J
Katedry i Kliniki Neurologii A. M. w Lublinie.
Halczuk
I
I
Stelmasiak
Z
Z
D000368:Aged; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D002534:Hypoxia, Brain / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D010291:Paresis / Q000209:etiology; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000150:complications; D055502:Secondary Prevention