Maintaining an optimal cerebral environment and correctly treating intracranial hypertension are fundamental in avoiding added injury to our patients and achieving the continual decrease in mortality and poor results. 27.1…
Figure 65.1. Flow chart of the different conditions that follow a cerebral insult. Classically vegetative state follows a coma; after 1 month the term “persistent vegetative state” is used; after…
Figure 88.1. Electronic microscopy showing the external membrane of a chronic subdural hematoma. An ample hair light (l) with erythrocytes is visible within its interior (EC), a thin layer of…
Figure 7.1. Intracranial pressure monitoring placement. Modalities include: 1) fluid-coupled monitoring; 2) fiberoptic monitoring which utilizes a reflected laser beam; and 3) piezoelectric crystal transducers which, when compressed, produce a…
Figure 36.1. The cerebral blood flow (CBF)-pressure curve. This phenomenon is generally seen under normal physiologic conditions across a blood pressure range of 50-150 mmHg; however, longstanding hypertension causes a…
Figure 75.1. (A). Sagittal T1 sequence showing increased spinal cord diameter at C6-C7 and hypointense images within the cord suggesting the presence of vascular structures. (B). Sagittal T2 sequence of…
Figure 12.1. The CMA70 brain catheter. The Luer (A) connects to the CMA106 syringe. The inflow (B) and outflow (C) tubes are surrounded by a sliding cuff (D) which is…
Figure 86.1. Pathophysiology of neurogenic pulmonary edema. 86.2.3 Diagnosis There are no pathognomic signs which allow the identification of NPE. Its semiology is similar to all the other cases of…
Figure 95.1. General approach for the management of organ donor. CI = cardiac index; >CVP = central venous pressure; ELWI = extravascular Leng water index; SVR = sistemic vacular resistance Complex monitoring with Swan-Ganz catheters (currently not used)…
Figure 79.1. The effects of oxygen deprivation on corticostriatal field potential in Wistar rats. The upper part shows the effects of different periods of hypoxia on the field potential amplitude….
