The use of hyperventilation in the treatment of plateau waves in two patients with severe traumatic brain injury: Contrasting effects on cerebral oxygenation

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 124-127

  Imberti, Roberto ^a,b   Ciceri, Maria ^a   Bellinzona, Guido ^a   Pugliese, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Cerebral tissue oxygenation; Hyperventilation; Plateau waves; SjO2

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN OXYGEN TENSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CRANIOTOMY; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; INJURY SCALE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CRANIOTOMY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERVENTILATION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYHEMOGLOBINS;

EID: 0034073099     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008506-200004000-00011     Document Type: Article

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