Induced hypertension after head injury.
The use of induced hypertension in head injury patients is controversial. We present the case of a 19-year-old man admitted with severe head trauma after a road accident and describe the beneficial effects that increasing arterial blood pressure had on the cerebral perfusion pressure, cerebral blood flow and jugular bulb oxygen saturation in this patient.
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Department of Anaesthesiology, Erasme University Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Route de Lennik 808, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium.
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D000328:Adult; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D004630:Emergencies; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008297:Male