The Effect of Red Blood Cell Transfusion on Cerebral Autoregulation in Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 210-216

  Sekhon, Mypinder S ^a,c   Griesdale, Donald E ^a   Czosnyka, Marek ^b   Donnelly, Joseph ^b   Liu, Xia ^b   Aries, Marcel J ^b   Robba, Chiara ^b   Lavinio, Andrea ^b   Menon, David K ^b   Smielewski, Peter ^b   Gupta, Arun K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autoregulation; Cerebral blood flow; Pressure reactivity index; Traumatic brain injury; Vascular reactivity

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; LACTIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN TISSUE OXYGENATION; CEREBRAL AUTOREGULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INSPIRED OXYGEN FRACTION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PH; PRESSURE REACTIVITY INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPY EFFECT; TISSUE OXYGENATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN INJURIES; HOMEOSTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REGISTER;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COHORT STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGISTRIES;

EID: 84941022777     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-015-0141-x     Document Type: Article

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