Haemoglobin management in acute brain injury

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 83-91

  Leroux, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

acute ischaemic stroke; anaemia; haemoglobin; oxygen delivery; subarachnoid haemorrhage; transfusion; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN METABOLISM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEMODILUTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MICRODIALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PATIENT CARE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VASODILATATION;

ANEMIA; BRAIN INJURIES; CRITICAL CARE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874767427     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e32835eba43     Document Type: Review

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