Rationale of hyperbaric oxygenation in cerebral vascular insult

Current Vascular Pharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-43

  Fischer, Bernhard R ^a   Palkovic, Stefan ^a   Holling, Markus ^a   Wölfer, Johannes ^a   Wassmann, Hansdetlef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain tissue ischemia; Cerebrovascular disease; Hyperbaric oxygenation; Penumbra

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AGITATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; BRAIN TISSUE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL SURVIVAL; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; NEURONS; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 77949584351     PISSN: 15701611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157016110790226598     Document Type: Review

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