Indomethacin for brain edema following stroke

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 248-250

  Schwarz, Stefan ^a   Bertram, Markus ^a   Aschoff, Alfred ^a   Schwab, Stefan ^a   Hacke, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain edema; Indomethacin; Intracranial pressure; Stroke

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DEVICE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INDOMETHACIN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE;

EID: 0033028233     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000015964     Document Type: Article

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