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Persistent vegetative state with high cerebral blood flow following profound hypoglycemia
Author(s) -
Agardh C.D.,
Rosén I.,
Ryding E.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.410140414
Subject(s) - coma (optics) , cerebral blood flow , hypoglycemia , medicine , dementia , anesthesia , hypoxia (environmental) , ischemia , blood flow , severe dementia , cerebral hypoxia , cardiology , oxygen , disease , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , insulin , optics
A persistent vegetative state (severe dementia) developed in a 30‐year‐old man following hypoglycemic coma. Despite the poor clinical outcome, sensory evoked response recovered between 6 and 34 months after the insult. The cerebral blood flow level at rest after 34 months was slightly above the normal range. This finding contrasts with the low cerebral blood flow regularly reported in patients who are comatose or stuporous following severe brain hypoxia‐ischemia.