Intracranial monitoring in traumatic brain injury

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 209-213

  Farahvar, Arash ^a   Huang, Jason H ^a   Papadakos, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain monitoring; intracranial pressure; neurocritical care; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN OXYGEN TENSION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; NEUROMONITORING; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OXIMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952993030     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e328344016d     Document Type: Article

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