{"id":784,"date":"2017-12-06T15:46:54","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T20:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.millerandzois.com\/blog\/?p=784"},"modified":"2024-11-15T12:11:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T17:11:07","slug":"hie-hypoxic-ischemic-perinatal-encephalopathy-faqs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.millerandzois.com\/blog\/hie-hypoxic-ischemic-perinatal-encephalopathy-faqs\/","title":{"rendered":"What is HIE?  Hypoxic-Ischemic Perinatal Encephalopathy FAQs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.millerandzois.com\/medical-malpractice\/birth-injuries\/perinatal-encephalopathy-birth-injury-lawsuits\/\">Hypoxic-Ischemic perinatal encephalopathy<\/a> (&#8220;HIE&#8221; for short) is loss of oxygen to the brain. In slightly less than half of the cases, HIE can cause death or brain injuries.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2>What Causes HIE?<\/h2>\n<div>\nObviously, the brain is the key to neurological function. The brain commands and controls all of our essential actions and reactions. This includes sending messages via neurotransmitters to control all of a person&#8217;s essential cognitive and physical functions. The brain is fed by blood and oxygen. All of our brains, especially the <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/9062939\/\">fetal <\/a>brain in particular, are highly dependent on blood and oxygen to survive. If the fetal brain is deprived of blood and oxygen for a sufficient amount of time, it becomes permanently damaged by hypoxia and ischemia. Not only does the brain need oxygen, but the cells need oxygen too. Some birth injury cases (we are handling one now) involve damage to other vital organs that have suffered irreparable injury from lack of oxygen during the birthing process. Without oxygen, the vital cells in the brain and other organs shut down. To make matters worse, dead cells give off toxins which are called cytokines and which cause additional injuries above and beyond the ischemic injury initially caused by the lack of oxygen. The amount of time that the brain is deprived of oxygen is critical to the baby&#8217;s outcome. If the child&#8217;s brain is deprived of blood and oxygen for an extended period of time, 15 minutes is the amount of time often mentioned, then the brain becomes permanently damaged. The result is a brain that cannot provide normal neurological function, meaning that the person with the brain injury loses the mental and physical abilities to move, think, and live the way their DNA intended. The result in some cases could be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.millerandzois.com\/medical-malpractice\/birth-injuries\/cerebral-palsy-lawsuit-maryland\/\">cerebral palsy<\/a>, spastic quadriplegia, seizures, epilepsy, and\/or developmental and cognitive delays.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.millerandzois.com\/blog\/hie-hypoxic-ischemic-perinatal-encephalopathy-faqs\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading What is HIE?  Hypoxic-Ischemic Perinatal Encephalopathy FAQs\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hypoxic-Ischemic perinatal encephalopathy (&#8220;HIE&#8221; for short) is loss of oxygen to the brain. In slightly less than half of the cases, HIE can cause death or brain injuries. What Causes HIE? Obviously, the brain is the key to neurological function. The brain commands and controls all of our essential actions and reactions. 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