Brain function after resuscitation from cardiac arrest

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 213-217

  Madl, Christian ^a   Holzer, Michael ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Cerebral oxidative injury; Molecular markers; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Therapeutic hypothermia

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS INDUCING FACTOR; MOLECULAR MARKER;

BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; COMA; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPERFUSION; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CRYOANESTHESIA; EVOKED RESPONSE; INTENSIVE CARE; REPERFUSION INJURY;

BRAIN INJURIES; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CRITICAL CARE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; REPERFUSION INJURY;

EID: 4644320662     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ccx.0000127542.32890.fa     Document Type: Review

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