Anoxic, Metabolic, and Toxic Encephalopathies

Michael J. Aminoff, M.D., D.Sc.
University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine

Definition/Key Clinical Features
Differential Diagnosis
Best Tests
Best Therapy
Best References

Definition/Key Clinical Features

Encephalopathies and Their Causes

Anoxic Encephalopathies

Metabolic Encephalopathies Toxic Encephalopathies Miscellaneous Encephalopathies
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Differential Diagnosis


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Best Tests


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Best Therapy


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Best References

Ferenci P, et al: Hepatology 35:716, 2002 [PMID 11870389]

Giacino J, et al: J Head Trauma Rehabil 20:30, 2005 [PMID 15668569]

Wijdicks EF, et al: Mayo Clin Proc 80:1037, 2005 [PMID 16092583]

Wilson JX, et al: Can J Neurol Sci 30:98, 2003 [PMID 12774948]


June 2006


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