High-dose intra-arterial nicardipine results in hypotension following vasospasm treatment in subarachnoid hemorrhage

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 400-404

  Rosenberg, Neil ^a   Lazzaro, Marc A ^a   Lopes, Demetrius K ^a   Prabhakaran, Shyam ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Blood pressure; Calcium channel blockers; Intracranial Pressure; Vasodilator

Indexed keywords

NICARDIPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MONOTHERAPY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICARDIPINE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 84856247525     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-011-9537-4     Document Type: Article

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