Brain failure and resuscitation
By: edited by Ake Grenvik and Peter Safar.
Contributors: Grenvik, Ake.; Safar, Peter, 1924-
Series: Clinics in critical care medicine ;; 2
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
Published: 1981
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
Subjects: Brain -- Diseases.; Resuscitation.; Brain damage -- Prevention.; Cerebral ischemia.; Brain death.; Brain injuries -- Therapy.; Cerebral ischemia -- Therapy.; Resuscitation.; Cerebrovascular disorders -- Therapy.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Table of contents: title: Scope and magnitude of the problem / Bryan Jennett; title: Metabolic and physiologic changes in acute brain failure / Stig Rehncrona and Bo K. Siesjö; title: Ischemic brain injuries / Julio H. Garcia and Karl A. Conger; title: Clinical evaluation of acute brain failure / John F. Caronna; title: Advance monitoring of the brain / Richard P. Greenberg ... [et al.]; title: Radiology of brain failure / Robert A. Zimmerman; title: Cerebral blood flow measurements in the critically ill patient / Michael M. Todd, Harvey M. Shapiro and Walter D. Obrist; title: Resuscitation after brain ischemia / Peter Safar; title: Head trauma and intracranial hemorrhage / Graham Teasdale and Samuel Gelbraith; title: Neuroanesthetic-pharmacologic considerations / Philippa Newfield and James E. Cottrell; title: Decision-making in brain death and vegetative states / David F. Powner, Rosa Lynn Pinkus and Ake Grenvik.