Serial determinations of cerebral water content by magnetic resonance imaging after an infusion of hypertonic saline

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 108-114

  Bacher, Andreas ^a   Wei, Jingna ^b   Grafe, Marjorie R ^c   Quast, Michael J ^c   Zornow, Mark H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Cryogenic lesion; Edema; Extracellular; Extravascular; Hypertonic; Intracranial pressure; Magnetic resonance imaging; New Zealand white rabbit; Rabbit; Saline; Serum osmolality; Signal intensity; Spin echo; Water

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN SIZE; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSMOLALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; WATER CONTENT;

ANIMALS; BODY WATER; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC;

EID: 0031974594     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199801000-00024     Document Type: Article

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