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    Intracranial hypotension after trauma

    Intracranial hypotension (IH) occurs typically spontaneous and is a potentially life-threatening condition characterized by symptoms varying from postural headache to coma, with classical magnetic resonance im...

    Asita S Sarrafzadeh, Stephanie A Hopf, Oliver P Gautschi, Ana-Paula Narata in SpringerPlus (2014)

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    Severe traumatic brain injury in children—a single center experience regarding therapy and long-term outcome

    The impact of intracranial pressure (ICP), decompressive craniectomy (DC), extent of ICP therapy, and extracranial complications on long-term outcome in a single-center pediatric patient population with severe...

    Ulrich-Wilhelm Thomale, Daniela Graetz, Peter Vajkoczy in Child's Nervous System (2010)

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    Decompressive Craniectomy in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Relation to Cerebral Perfusion Pressure and Metabolism

    Outcome is poor in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) patients with intracranial hypertension. As one treatment option for increased intracranial pressure (ICP), decompressive craniectomy (DC) is discuss...

    Alexandra Nagel, Daniela Graetz, Peter Vajkoczy, Asita S. Sarrafzadeh in Neurocritical Care (2009)

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    Cerebral microdialysis for detection of bacterial meningitis in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage patients: a cohort study

    Bacterial meningitis (BM) is a severe complication in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). Clinical signs of meningitis are often masked by SAH-related symptoms, and routine cerebrospinal f...

    Florian Schlenk, Katja Frieler, Alexandra Nagel, Peter Vajkoczy in Critical Care (2009)

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    Hyperglycemia and cerebral glucose in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage

    To determine whether hyperglycemia exerts deleterious effects via cerebral energy metabolism and to illuminate the effects of cerebral high/low glucose in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.

    Florian Schlenk, Alexandra Nagel, Daniela Graetz in Intensive Care Medicine (2008)

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    Insulin-related decrease in cerebral glucose despite normoglycemia in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage

    Hyperglycaemia following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is associated with complications and impaired neurological recovery. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of insulin treatment for...

    Florian Schlenk, Daniela Graetz, Alexandra Nagel, Maren Schmidt in Critical Care (2008)

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    Detection of Secondary Insults by Brain Tissue pO2 and Bedside Microdialysis in Severe Head Injury

    We evaluated bedside cerebral on-line microdialysis for early detection of cerebral hypoxia in patients with traumatic brain injury. 24 severely head injured patients (Glasgow Coma Score ≤ 8) were studied. Pat...

    Asita S. Sarrafzadeh, O. W. Sakowitz in Intracranial Pressure and Brain Biochemica… (2002)