Beyond intracranial pressure: Optimization of cerebral blood flow, oxygen, and substrate delivery after traumatic brain injury

Annals of Intensive Care

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-9

  Bouzat, Pierre ^a,c   Sala, Nathalie ^a,b   Payen, Jean François ^c,d   Oddo, Mauro ^a,b  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Brain oxygen; Cerebral blood flow; Cerebral metabolism; Cerebral microdialysis; Multimodal monitoring; Neuromonitoring; Transcranial doppler; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; GLUCOSE; OXYGEN;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBRAL METABOLIC RATE OF OXYGEN; ENERGY RESOURCE; GLUCOSE BRAIN LEVEL; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; HYPEROXIA; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROMONITORING; OXYGEN SUPPLY; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERMAL DIFFUSION; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 84881263654     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21105820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2110-5820-3-23     Document Type: Review

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