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Brain hypoxia-ischemia
A disorder characterised by a reduction in oxygen supply (hypoxia) combined with reduced blood flow (ischemia) to the brain. This condition may result from a localised obstruction of a cerebral artery or from systemic hypoperfusion. Prolonged hypoxia-ischemia is associated with transient ischemic attack; brain infarction; brain edema; coma; and other conditions.
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