Clinical relevance of cerebral autoregulation following subarachnoid haemorrhage

Nature Reviews Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 152-163

  Budohoski, Karol P ^a   Czosnyka, Marek ^a   Kirkpatrick, Peter J ^a   Smielewski, Peter ^a   Steiner, Luzius A ^b   Pickard, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PRAVASTATIN;

AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CEREBRAL AUTOREGULATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; STUDY DESIGN; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 84874946088     PISSN: 17594758     EISSN: 17594766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2013.11     Document Type: Review

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