Blindness after cardiac arrest
Open Access
- 1 July 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Vol. 44 (513) , 513-516
- https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.44.513.513
Abstract
Summary: Three cases of isolated blindness after cardiac arrest are described. Blindness was associated with normal pupillary light reflexes and no observable changes in the fundi, features identifying it as cortical. Possible mechanisms have been discussed. It is suggested that this complication is more common than has been reported in the literature.Keywords
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