Autonomic control of heart rate after brain injury in children

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 234-240

  Goldstein, Brahm ^a   Kempski, Mark H ^b   DeKing, Donna ^a   Cox, Christopher ^a   DeLong, David J ^b   Kelly, Mary M ^a   Woolf, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b Kate Gleason College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

autonomic nervous system; brain injuries; catecholamines; dopamine; epinephrine; Glasgow Coma Scale; heart rate; neurologic emergencies; norepinephrine; pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN INJURY; BREATHING RATE; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN INJURIES; CATECHOLAMINES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030022249     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199602000-00009     Document Type: Article

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