Hemodynamic manipulation in the neuro-intensive care unit: Cerebral perfusion pressure therapy in head injury and hemodynamic augmentation for cerebral vasospasm

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 156-162

  Diringer, Michael N ^a,b   Axelrod, Yekaterina ^a,b  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral perfusion pressure; Cerebral vasospasm; Hemodynamic augmentation; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR;

ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; AUTOREGULATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN VASOSPASM; FLUID THERAPY; HEAD INJURY; HEMODILUTION; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOVOLEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; REVIEW; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PERFUSION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 33847328310     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e32807f2aa5     Document Type: Review

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