Mild hypothermia prevents cerebral edema and CSF lactate accumulation in acute liver failure

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 95-102

  Chatauret, Nicolas ^a   Rose, Christopher ^a   Therrien, Guy ^a   Butterworth, Roger F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Brain edema; Brain energy metabolism; Hepatic encephalopathy; Hypothermia; Lactate

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; LACTIC ACID;

AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN PROTECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CISTERNA MAGNA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVASCULARIZATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HYPOTHERMIA; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RAT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; ENERGY METABOLISM; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; LACTIC ACID; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; WATER;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035174176     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011622830569     Document Type: Article

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