title: [Prone position and severe pneumopathy in a patient with head injuries and intracranial hypertension].
abstract: The treatment of hypoxaemia is one of the main goals of intensive care to patients with severe head injury. In the case reported here, the appearance of early pneumonia was accompanied by a severe deterioration of blood gases with worsening of intracranial hypertension. Prone position allowed rapid improvement of blood gases which contributed to the control of intracranial hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Service de réanimation, CHG de Roanne, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Beuret
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ghesquieres
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fol
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pirel
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nourdine
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Ducreux
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D006935:Hypercapnia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D016684:Prone Position
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D010100:Oxygen