Cerebral arterial gas embolism: Should we hyperventilate these patients?

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 742-743

  Muth, C M ^a   Shank, E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN PERFUSION; EDITORIAL; GAS EMBOLISM; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; HYPOCAPNIA; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION;

ANIMALS; EMBOLISM, AIR; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE;

EID: 2442488001     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-004-2209-5     Document Type: Editorial

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