title: [Indomethacin in severe cerebral contusions with intracranial hypertension].
abstract: In five head-injured patients with cerebral contusion and oedema in whom it was not possible to control ICP by hyperventilation and barbiturate sedation, indomethacin Confortid was used as a cerebral vasoconstrictor drug. In all patients indomethacin reduced ICP below 20 mmHg for several hours. Studies of cerebral circulation and metabolism during indomethacin treatment showed a decrease in cerebral blood flow (CBF) at 2 hours. After 7 hours. ICP remained below 20 mmHg in three patients, and these still had reduced CBF. In two patients a return of ICP and CBF to pretreatment levels was observed. In all patients indomethacin treatment was followed by a fall in rectal temperature. Outcome scaling has not yet been performed, but all patients left hospital without neurological deficits. These results suggest that indomethacin is an alternative in the treatment of intracranial hypertension in head-injured patients.
authors.affiliation: Département of Neuroanesthesia and Neurosurgery, Arhus Kommunehospital, Danemark.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ohrstrøm
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Cold
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Astrup
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation / Q000187:drug effects; D003864:Depression, Chemical; D006801:Humans; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007427:Intracranial Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D007213:Indomethacin
vernacular_title: L'indométacine dans les contusions cérébrales sévères avec hypertension intracrânienne.