Hypocapnia and the injured brain: Evidence for harm

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 229-230

  Curley, Gerard ^a   Kavanagh, Brian P ^b   Laffey, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GLUTAMIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; OXYGEN; PYRUVIC ACID;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN REGION; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOCAPNIA; LETTER; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE LEVEL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 78651236996     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181ffe3c7     Document Type: Letter

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