Prostacyclin treatment normalises the MCA flow velocity in nimodipine-resistant cerebral vasospasm after aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage : AA pilot study

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 595-599

  Koskinen, Lars Owe D ^a   Olivecrona, Magnus ^a   Rodling Wahlström, Marie ^a   Naredi, Silvana ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Prostacyclin; Subarachnoid haemorrhage; Treatment; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

NIMODIPINE; PROSTACYCLIN;

ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG RESISTANCE; EPOPROSTENOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIMODIPINE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 67650451080     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-009-0295-4     Document Type: Article

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