A 58-year-old Indian woman presented with asystole after an episode of haemetemesis, with a patient downtime of 20 mins. After initial resuscitation efforts, computed tomography of the brain, obtained to evaluate neurological injury, demonstrated evidence of severe hypoxic ischaemic brain injury. The imaging features of hypoxic ischaemic brain injury and the potential pitfalls with regard to image interpretation are herein discussed.
Adolescent ; Brain Ischemia ; diagnosis ; diagnostic imaging ; Cerebellum ; diagnostic imaging ; Critical Care ; Female ; Heart Arrest ; diagnosis ; diagnostic imaging ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Shock, Cardiogenic ; complications ; Subarachnoid Hemorrhage ; diagnosis ; diagnostic imaging ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed