Vasospasm versus delayed cerebral ischemia as an outcome event in clinical trials and observational studies

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 308-311

  Vergouwen, Mervyn D I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Angiography; Cerebral infarction; Clinical deterioration; Transcranial Doppler; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

ARTERY OCCLUSION; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DELAYED CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; NOMENCLATURE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VASOCONSTRICTION; ECHOGRAPHY; INTENSIVE CARE; MORTALITY; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS; TIME;

CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TIME FACTORS; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 84855901035     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-011-9586-8     Document Type: Review

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