Stellate ganglion block for treatment of cerebral vasospasm in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage - A preliminary study

Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 516-521

  Jain, Virendra ^a   Rath, Girija P ^a   Dash, Hari H ^a   Bithal, Parmod K ^a   Chouhan, Rajendra S ^a   Suri, Ashish ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow velocity; Cerebral vasospasm; Stellate ganglion block; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STELLATE GANGLION BLOCK; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 80055097508     PISSN: 09709185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-9185.86598     Document Type: Article

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