Cerebral vasoconstriction in comatose patients resuscitated from a cardiac arrest?

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1191-1196

  Buunk, G ^a   Van Der Hoeven, J G ^a   Frolich M ^a   Meinders, A E ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Cerebral oxygen extraction; cGMP; Delayed hypoperfusion phase; Endothelin; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; ENDOTHELIN; NITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN OXYGEN TENSION; BRAIN VASCULAR RESISTANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PULSATILE FLOW; RESUSCITATION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0029808980     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01709335     Document Type: Article

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