Monitoring intracranial pressure in patients with malignant middle cerebral artery infarction: Is it useful?

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 648-657

  Poca, Maria Antonia ^a   Benejam, Bessy ^a   Sahuquillo, Juan ^a   Riveiro, Marilyn ^a   Frascheri, Laura ^a   Merino, Maria Angels ^a   Delgado, Pilar ^a   Alvarez Sabin, Jose ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Infarction; Intracranial hypertension; Intracranial pressure monitoring; Middle cerebral artery; Midline shift; Pupillary abnormality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANISOCORIA; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL REFLEX;

ADULT; AGED; ANISOCORIA; BRAIN; COHORT STUDIES; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUPIL DISORDERS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77749264533     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.7.JNS081677     Document Type: Article

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