Cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid haemorrhage of unknown aetiology: A clinical and transcranial doppler study

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 560-569

  Schaller, C ^a,b   Raueiser, B ^a   Rohde, V ^a   Hassler, W ^a  

^a Klinikum Kalkweg   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral vasospasm; SAH of unknown aetiology; Transcranial Doppler sonography; Triple H therapy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; NIMODIPINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HEMODILUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERVOLEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISCHEMIA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VASOSPASM;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NIMODIPINE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0029891579     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01411177     Document Type: Article

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