Reversal of severe cerebral vasospasm in three patients after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: Initial observations regarding the use of intraventricular sodium nitroprusside in humans

Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 48-58

  Thomas, Jeffrey E ^a   Rosenwasser, Robert H ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Human; Intrathecal; Nitric oxide; Treatment; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CASE REPORT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUPOR; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROPRUSSIDE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0032928449     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199901000-00026     Document Type: Article

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