Open AccessNeonatal coning secondary to hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy: A case study and literature review
Author(s) -
Yasser Soliman,
Kamran Yusuf,
Marc Blayney,
Amr I El Shahed,
Jaques Belik
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1918-1485
pISSN - 1205-7088
DOI - 10.1093/pch/pxz138
Subject(s) - medicine , encephalopathy , hypothermia , brain herniation , anesthesia , brainstem , pediatrics , complication , surgery
Brain herniation is an extremely rare complication of hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) in the neonatal period with only a single report described. We report a 2-day-old term infant with severe HIE, who developed diffuse brain oedema and herniation.