Brain Tissue Oxygenation, Lactate-Pyruvate Ratio, and Cerebrovascular Pressure Reactivity Monitoring in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Systematic Review and Viewpoint

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 345-355

  Lazaridis, Christos ^a   Andrews, Charles M ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tissue oxygenation; Lactate pyruvate ratio; Pressure reactivity index; Systematic review; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN OXYGEN TENSION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPEROXIA; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LACTATE PYRUVATE RATIO; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; NEUROMONITORING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL BRAIN TISSUE OXYGEN TENSION; PRESSURE REACTIVITY INDEX; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN INJURIES; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

LACTIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID;

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PYRUVIC ACID;

EID: 84911991901     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-014-0007-7     Document Type: Article

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