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Chapter 13 - Ischemic Hypoxic Encephalopathy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2023

Robert Laureno
Robert Laureno
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Georgetown University, Washington DC
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Summary

Individual susceptibility, regional vulnerability, and vascular supply are among the variables which determine the distribution of the brain injury in ischemic hypoxic encephalopathy. Also varied are the clinical manifestations which range from transient encephalopathy to “brain death.” Severe encephalopathies can entangle physicians and hospitals in civil and criminal proceedings.

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Ischemic encephalopathyAnoxic encephalopathyHypoxic encephalopathy
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Insights into Clinical Neurology , pp. 66 - 71
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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