Treatment Options for Cerebral Vasospasm in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-43

  Athar, M Kamran ^a   Levine, Joshua M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral vasospasm; Delayed cerebral ischemia; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN; INOTROPIC AGENT; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; NICARDIPINE; NIMODIPINE; PAPAVERINE; SIMVASTATIN;

BLEEDING; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEMODILUTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERVOLEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEUROPROTECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TISSUE OXYGENATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATATION;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 84856565407     PISSN: 19337213     EISSN: 18787479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13311-011-0098-1     Document Type: Review

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