Aged ; Brain Diseases/etiology* ; Carbon Monoxide Poisoning/complications* ; Cognition Disorders/etiology ; Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods ; Humans ; Hypoxia, Brain/etiology ; Male ; Movement Disorders/etiology ; Time Factors
Abstract
Delayed postanoxic encephalopathy causes deterioration and relapse of cognitive ability and behavioural movement a few weeks after complete recovery from initial hypoxic injury. A case is reported of delayed postanoxic encephalopathy after carbon monoxide poisoning, which was diagnosed with diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging. The literature is also reviewed.