Cortical blindness following hypoxia during cardiac arrest

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C A Kam, F F Yoong, A Ganendran

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

|May 1, 1978

Abstract:

Two patients with cortical blindness following hypoxic episodes are reported. The characteristics of the syndrome are described. Attention is drawn to the lack of awareness of this complication of hypoxia.

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