Maintaining cerebral perfusion after polytrauma using arginine vasopressin: A classic drug revisited

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2703-2704

  Smith, Michelle J ^a   Hartl, Roger ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine vasopressin; Brain tissue oxygen; Cerebral perfusion pressure; Intracranial pressure; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; OXYGEN; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

BLAST INJURY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; HEAD INJURY; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SEPTIC SHOCK; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; DRUG EFFECT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; METABOLISM; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPERFUSION; SWINE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OXYGEN; REPERFUSION; SWINE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 53049100686     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181843e9a     Document Type: Editorial

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