Air transport of patients with intracranial air: Computer model of pressure effects

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 138-144

  Andersson, Nina ^a   Grip, Helena ^a   Lindvall, Peter ^b   Koskinen, Lars owe D ^b   Brändstörm, Helge ^a   Malm, Jan ^b   Eklund, Anders ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aeromedical evacuation; Air ambulance; Intracranial pressure; Mathematical model; Pneumocephalus; Transportation

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ALTITUDE; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; AVIATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; EVALUATION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; SWEDEN;

AIR AMBULANCES; AIR PRESSURE; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; RISK FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 0037311647     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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