Left ventricular dysfunction in lethal severe brain injury: Impact of transesophageal echocardiography on patient management

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1084-1088

  Huttemann E ^a   Schelenz, C ^a   Chatzinikolaou, K ^b   Reinhart, K ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

Author keywords

Brain death; Left ventricular function; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

INOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE; RESUSCITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN INJURIES; CRITICAL CARE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0036367730     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-002-1355-x     Document Type: Article

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