Challenges in understanding the impact of blood pressure management on cerebral oxygenation in the preterm brain

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 3 DEC, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Azhan, Aminath ^a   Wong, Flora Y ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebral oxygenation; Hypotension; Infants; Newborn; Preterm

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; MILRINONE; NORADRENALIN;

AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN OXYGENATION; BRAIN PERFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INOTROPISM; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; METABOLIC RATE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; PREMATURITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 84884132860     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00471     Document Type: Review

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