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Anoxic brain injury

Radswiki et al.

Anoxic brain injury also known as global hypoxic-ischaemic injury is seen at all age groups (from antenatal to the elderly) as a result of numerous aetiologies. The pattern of injury depends on a number of factors including:

age of the patient (brain maturity):
- neonatal hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy
- hypoxic-ischaemic injury in older children and adults
severity of the hypoxic - ischaemic insult
duration of the hypoxic - ischaemic insult
timing of imaging studies : early imaging findings can be subtle and are often overlooked.

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