Prognosis of Cortical Blindness Following Cardiac Arrest in Children

Abstract

Three patients between the ages of 2 and 3 years are described, in whom severe neuropsychiatric deficits, cortical blindness in particular, which followed cardiac arrest were largely dissipated over long follow-up periods. The

Partial Visual Recovery in Two Fullterm Infants After Perinatal Hypoxia

“…This suggests dysfunction of one hemisphere followed by partial recovery and/or delayed maturation. has also been demonstrated by others in infants with or without a history of cerebral hypoxia (2,6,8,9,10,19,22,26).…”

Non-traumatic coma in children

“…97 If global ischaemia has not occurred during the course of other encephalopathies, the prognosis may well be very much better than is obvious in the first few weeks after the child comes off the ventilator 9999 Cortical blindness often recovers 100. A child with either a hemiparesis or a mild extrapyramidal disorder, such as chorea, in the first few weeks after coma, may well improve considerably, although those left with a dystonic101 or spastic quadriparesis are less likely to do well.…”

Cortical Blindness following Hypoxia during Cardiac Arrest

“…Recovery from cortical blindness may be slow and complete, or sometimes with residual deficit (Weinberger et at. 1962).…”