Effect of Hemoglobin Transfusion Threshold on Cerebral Hemodynamics and Oxygenation

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 32, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 1239-1245

  Yamal, Jose Miguel ^a   Rubin, M Laura ^a   Benoit, Julia S ^b   Tilley, Barbara C ^a   Gopinath, Shankar ^c   Hannay, H Julia ^b   Doshi, Pratik ^d   Aisiku, Imoigele P ^e   Robertson, Claudia S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

blood flow; clinical trial; intracranial pressure; prospective study; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN TISSUE; BRAIN TISSUE OXYGENATION; CEREBRAL HEMODYNAMIC; CEREBRAL OXYGENATION; CEREBRAL PERFUSION PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; HYPOXIA; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGENATION; PERFUSION PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TISSUE OXYGENATION; TRANSFUSION; TRANSFUSION THRESHOLD; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN INJURIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OXYGEN;

EID: 84938334282     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2014.3752     Document Type: Article

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