Cerebral blood flow thresholds for cerebral ischemia in traumatic brain injury. A systematic review*
Author(s) -
Marco Botteri,
Elisabetta Bandera,
Cosetta Minelli,
Nicola Latronico
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.002
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1530-0293
pISSN - 0090-3493
DOI - 10.1097/ccm.0b013e31818bd7df
Subject(s) - medicine , cerebral blood flow , ischemia , traumatic brain injury , stroke (engine) , anesthesia , magnetic resonance imaging , blood flow , neuroimaging , cardiology , radiology , mechanical engineering , psychiatry , engineering
Reduction of cerebral blood flow plays a crucial role in causing posttraumatic cerebral ischemia. However, the methodologic adequacy of studies from which currently used cerebral blood flow thresholds in traumatic brain injury have been derived has not been evaluated.
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