Monitoring and intraoperative management of elevated intracranial pressure and decompressive craniectomy

Anesthesiology Clinics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 289-310

  Lang, Shih Shan ^a   Kofke, W Andrew ^a   Stiefel, Michael F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decompressive craniectomy; Elevated intracranial pressure; Intracranial hypertension; Intraoperative management

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; ETOMIDATE; LIDOCAINE; MANNITOL; PROPOFOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANESTHESIA LEVEL; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN TISSUE; CALVARIA; CELL LOSS; CEREBRAL METABOLIC RATE OF OXYGEN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; HUMAN; HYPEROSMOLARITY; HYPERVENTILATION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; NERVE CELL; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; PATIENT MONITORING; PEROPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; TISSUE OXYGENATION;

ANESTHESIA; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DIURETICS; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTONIC SOLUTIONS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MANNITOL; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 84865277518     PISSN: 19322275     EISSN: 22103538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anclin.2012.05.008     Document Type: Review

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