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MeSH Heading: Hypoxia, Brain
Tree Number(s): C10.228.140.624; C23.888.852.079.797
Unique ID: D002534
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002534
Annotation: do not confuse with BRAIN ISCHEMIA, a reduced blood supply
Scope Note: A reduction in brain oxygen supply due to ANOXEMIA (a reduced amount of oxygen being carried in the blood by HEMOGLOBIN), or to a restriction of the blood supply to the brain, or both. Severe hypoxia is referred to as anoxia and is a relatively common cause of injury to the central nervous system. Prolonged brain anoxia may lead to BRAIN DEATH or a PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE. Histologically, this condition is characterized by neuronal loss which is most prominent in the HIPPOCAMPUS; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; CEREBELLUM; and inferior olives.
Entry Term(s): Anoxia, Brain; Anoxia, Cerebral; Anoxic Brain Damage; Anoxic Encephalopathy; Brain Anoxia; Brain Hypoxia; Cerebral Anoxia; Cerebral Hypoxia; Encephalopathy, Hypoxic; Hypoxia, Cerebral; Hypoxic Brain Damage; Hypoxic Encephalopathy
NLM Classification #: WL 355
Public MeSH Note: 2000; see CEREBRAL ANOXIA 1963-1999
History Note: 2000(1963)
Date Established: 2000/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

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rehabilitation (RH)

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Concept UI: M0003872
Scope Note: A reduction in brain oxygen supply due to ANOXEMIA (a reduced amount of oxygen being carried in the blood by HEMOGLOBIN), or to a restriction of the blood supply to the brain, or both. Severe hypoxia is referred to as anoxia and is a relatively common cause of injury to the central nervous system. Prolonged brain anoxia may lead to BRAIN DEATH or a PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE. Histologically, this condition is characterized by neuronal loss which is most prominent in the HIPPOCAMPUS; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; CEREBELLUM; and inferior olives.
Terms: Hypoxia, Brain Preferred Term
Term UI T365514
Date11/04/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Brain Hypoxia
Term UI T368619
Date11/04/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Cerebral Hypoxia
Term UI T368634
Date11/04/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Hypoxia, Cerebral
Term UI T368635
Date11/04/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000)

Concept UI: M0335359
Terms: Anoxia, Brain Preferred Term
Term UI T368620
Date11/04/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Cerebral Anoxia
Term UI T007395
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Brain Anoxia
Term UI T368621
Date11/04/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Anoxia, Cerebral
Term UI T368628
Date11/04/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000)

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