Browsing by Subject "intracranial pressure"

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    • Cerebral extraction of oxygen and intracranial hypertension in severe, acute, pediatric brain trauma: Preliminary novel management strategies 

      Cruz, J.; Nakayama, P.; Imamura, J. H.; Rosenfeld, KGW; Souza, H. S. de; Giorgetti, GVF (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002-04-01)
      OBJECTIVE: To evaluate long-term clinical outcomes after severe, acute, pediatric brain trauma, in relation to cerebral extraction of oxygen (CEO2) and intracranial pressure abnormalities treated with a protocol to ...

    • Current international trends in severe acute brain trauma 

      Cruz, Julio [UNIFESP] (Assoc Arquivos de Neuro- Psiquiatria, 2000-09-01)
      A comprehensive review is presented on current international trends regarding research and management of severe acute brain trauma. Controversial issues are thoroughly discussed and an attempt is made to clarify questionable ...

    • Decompressive craniectomy: a meta-analysis of influences on intracranial pressure and cerebral perfusion pressure in the treatment of traumatic brain injury A review 

      Bor-Seng-Shu, Edson; Figueiredo, Eberval G.; Amorim, Robson L. O.; Teixeira, Manoel Jacobsen; Valbuza, Juliana Spelta [UNIFESP]; Oliveira, Marcio Moyses de; Panerai, Ronney B. (Amer Assoc Neurological Surgeons, 2012-09-01)
      Object. in recent years, the role of decompressive craniectomy for the treatment of traumatic brain injury (TB!) in patients with refractory intracranial hypertension has been the subject of several studies. the purpose ...

    • Fetal brain tumors 

      Cavalheiro, S.; Moron, A. F.; Hisaba, W.; Dastoli, P.; Silva, N. S. (Springer, 2003-08-01)
      Introduction: Fetal intracranial tumors are rare and their evolution is usually poor. With routine use of antenatal ultrasound imaging, a larger number of such tumors have been diagnosed. Methods: During the period from ...

    • Fetal hydrocephalus - prenatal treatment 

      Cavalheiro, S.; Moron, A. F.; Zymberg, S. T.; Dastoli, P. (Springer, 2003-08-01)
      Patients and methods: From January 1986 to January 2001, 85 cases of hydrocephalus were referred to the Pediatric Neurosurgery and Fetal Medicine Sections of the São Paulo Federal University and the Santa Joana Maternity ...

    • Fetal optic nerve sheath measurement as a non-invasive tool for assessment of increased intracranial pressure 

      Haratz, Karina Krajden [UNIFESP]; Vinals, F.; Lev, D.; Feit, H.; Ben-Sira, L.; Lerman-Sagie, T.; Malinger, G. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011-12-01)
      Objectives To describe the sonographic technique for assessment of the fetal optic nerve sheath and to report on three fetuses with intracranial lesions and enlarged optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) compared with normal ...

    • Implications of ischemic penumbra for the diagnosis of brain death 

      Coimbra, Cicero Galli [UNIFESP] (Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica, 1999-12-01)
      The data reviewed here suggest the possibility that a global reduction of blood supply to the whole brain or solely to the infratentorial structures down to the range of ischemic penumbra for several hours or a few days ...

    • Major clinical and physiological benefits of early high doses of mannitol for intraparenchymal temporal lobe hemorrhages with abnormal pupillary widening: A randomized trial 

      Cruz, J.; Minoja, G.; Okuchi, K. (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002-09-01)
      OBJECTIVE: We evaluated long-term clinical outcomes and postoperative physiological findings in acutely comatose patients with nonmissile surgical intraparenchymal temporal lobe hemorrhages and abnormal pupillary widening ...

    • Practical and comprehensive guidelines for bedside cerebral hemometabolic multitherapeutic optimization 

      Cruz, Julio [UNIFESP] (Assoc Arquivos de Neuro- Psiquiatria, 2002-09-01)
      In recent years, noncomprehensive guidelines were proposed for the management of severe acute brain injuries, focusing strictly on two approaches: 1) to maintain cerebral perfusion pressure anywhere above 70 mm Hg; and 2) ...

    • REGIONAL COOLING FOR REDUCING BRAIN TEMPERATURE AND INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE 

      Forte, Luis Vicente [UNIFESP]; Peluso, Cassio Morano [UNIFESP]; Prandini, Mirto Nelso [UNIFESP]; Godoy, Roberto; Rojas, Salomon Soriano Ordinola (Assoc Arquivos Neuro- Psiquiatria, 2009-06-01)
      Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of regional cooling for reducing brain temperature (BrTe) and intracranial pressure (ICP) in patients where conventional clinical treatment has failed. Method: Regional cooling was ...