Temporal recovery and delayed decline of cognitive functions in patients with hypoxic encephalopathy after cardiac arrest

Suicide Attempt by Means of Aspirin Enema

Annals of Pharmacotherapy ◽

10.1177/106002809402800409 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 28 (4) ◽

pp. 467-469 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Jerry E. Watson ◽

Eumar T. Tagupa

Keyword(s):

Cardiac Arrest ◽

Suicide Attempt ◽

Emergency Room ◽

Activated Charcoal ◽

Absorption Properties ◽

Hypoxic Encephalopathy ◽

Long Period ◽

Case Summary ◽

Oral Form ◽

Appropriate Therapy

OBJECTIVE: To report a suicide attempt with an aspirin enema. CASE SUMMARY: A patient presented to the emergency room after self-administering, in enema form, approximately 700 aspirin tablets dissolved in water. Over the next 12hours the patient became progressively acidemic with eventual cardiac arrest and subsequent chronic hypoxic encephalopathy. DISCUSSION: This patient's poor outcome was the result of retained aspirin products in the rectal vault combined with the failure to recognize the delayed absorption properties of rectally administered aspirin. CONCLUSIONS: In rectal aspirin overdoses, aspirin absorption from the rectum may occur over a long period of time. It is important to remove as much aspirin from the rectum as possible and to closely monitor these patients so that appropriate therapy may be started quickly. Activated charcoal given both in enema and oral form may help decrease aspirin absorption. Hemodialysis should be available and performed without delay should the patient require it.

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Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in a comatose patient with burst-suppression EEG in hypoxic encephalopathy after cardiac arrest

Clinical Neurophysiology ◽

10.1016/j.clinph.2006.06.726 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 118 (2) ◽

pp. e2

Author(s):

S. Frigerio ◽

L. Remonda ◽

H.U. Rothen ◽

J. Mathis

Keyword(s):

Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽

Cardiac Arrest ◽

Magnetic Resonance ◽

Burst Suppression ◽

Comatose Patient ◽

Resonance Imaging ◽

Hypoxic Encephalopathy ◽

Diffusion Weighted ◽

Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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Differential effect of mild therapeutic hypothermia depending on the findings of hypoxic encephalopathy on early CT images in patients with post-cardiac arrest syndrome

Resuscitation ◽

10.1016/j.resuscitation.2018.04.029 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 128 ◽

pp. 11-15 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Mitsuaki Nishikimi ◽

Takayuki Ogura ◽

Kazuki Nishida ◽

Kunihiko Takahashi ◽

Kenji Fukaya ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cardiac Arrest ◽

Therapeutic Hypothermia ◽

Differential Effect ◽

Ct Images ◽

Mild Therapeutic Hypothermia ◽

Hypoxic Encephalopathy ◽

Post Cardiac Arrest Syndrome

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Language processing is not a race against time

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x15000692 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 39 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Giosuè Baggio ◽

Carmelo M. Vicario

Keyword(s):

Information Processing ◽

Human Brain ◽

Language Processing ◽

Cognitive Functions ◽

Memory Systems ◽

Language System ◽

Moderating Factors

AbstractWe agree with Christiansen & Chater (C&C) that language processing and acquisition are tightly constrained by the limits of sensory and memory systems. However, the human brain supports a range of cognitive functions that mitigate the effects of information processing bottlenecks. The language system is partly organised around these moderating factors, not just around restrictions on storage and computation.

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