Patient's question:
When a baby is born with asphyxia, a brain CT scan may show hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. In the hospital, the baby received ten days of hyperbaric oxygen therapy and ten days of NMDA receptor antagonist treatment. Two months later, a follow-up CT scan showed uniform density in the cerebral parenchyma. Did the baby's CT scan show any abnormalities after suffering from asphyxia?Doctor's answer:
When your baby was born with severe asphyxia. Go to the hospital for a cranial CT examination. It shows low-density shadows in both occipital lobes. This should not be considered as severe hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. Based on the cranial CT examination results you provided. Should it be classified as moderate hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. It should be analyzed specifically by combining the clinical manifestations of the child. At the same time. Active treatment is needed. To a certain extent, it can be restored.