Blood pressure management in stroke

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 516-522

  Donovan, Anne L ^a   Flexman, Alana M ^b   Gelb, Adrian W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

acute hemorrhagic stroke; acute ischemic stroke; anesthesia; antihypertensives; blood pressure; cerebrovascular disease; hypertension; hypotension; vasopressors

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDRALAZINE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; LABETALOL; LISINOPRIL; NICARDIPINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANESTHESIA; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866412208     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: 14736500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e32835721a5     Document Type: Review

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