Hyperperfusion syndromes: Insight into the pathophysiology and treatment of hypertensive encephalopathy

CNS Spectrums

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-42

  Gardner, Craig J ^a   Lee, Kiwon ^b,c  

^a Neuro Intensive Care Unit ^*

^b Neurointensive Care Unit   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CISPLATIN; CLONIDINE; CYCLOSPORIN; ENALAPRILAT; FENOLDOPAM; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LABETALOL; NICARDIPINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; TACROLIMUS;

AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN EDEMA; BRONCHOSPASM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; ECLAMPSIA; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS; NEUROTOXICITY; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PINOCYTOSIS; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 33846500685     PISSN: 10928529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1092852900020502     Document Type: Review

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