Monro-Kellie 2.0: The dynamic vascular and venous pathophysiological components of intracranial pressure

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1338-1350

  Wilson, Mark H ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cerebral venous outflow; intracranial hypertension; Intracranial pressure; Monro Kellie; neurotrauma

Indexed keywords

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPRESSION; FOCAL EXTERNAL VENOUS COMPRESSION; FOCAL INTERNAL OBSTRUCTION; FOCAL VENOUS SINUS STENOSIS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MONRO KELLIE DOCTRINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINUS VENOSUS; STENOSIS; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; BODY POSITION; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN VEIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL VEINS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; POSTURE;

EID: 84982958536     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: 15597016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0271678X16648711     Document Type: Review

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