Study objectives To assess the incidence of the ARDS in a well-defined adult population.
Design Kaiser Permanente of northeast Ohio, a health maintenance organization, uses the …

Background and Purpose—Many patients with acute stroke are excluded from receiving
thrombolysis agents within the necessary time limit (3 or 6 hours from stroke onset) because …

The maintenance of constant cerebral blood flow (CBF) as arterial blood pressure is reduced,
commonly referred to as CBF-pressure autoregulation, is typically characterized by a …

Background The maintenance of constant cerebral blood flow (CBF) as mean cerebral
perfusion pressure (CPP) varies is commonly referred to as CBF-pressure autoregulation. The …

Background and Purpose Magnetic resonance (MR) diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), a
noninvasive procedure, may play an important role in detecting and accurately localizing the …

We evaluated isovolumic hemodilution with hydroxyethyl starch 200/0.5 in a rat model of
focal cerebral ischemia. This compound avoids the unfavorable viscosity and erythrocyte …

Variations in the height of the CBF response to hypotension have been described recently in
normal animals. The authors evaluated the effects of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibition …

Recent studies have suggested that cerebral infarction influences autonomic activity and may
contribute to sudden death. The goal of this study was to examine effects of focal cerebral …

Changes in sodium, potassium, and water content in brain tissue are important in the progression
of pathology that follows ischemic stroke. Determining these parameters regionally in …

Quality assessment and assurance activities in the intensive care unit are complex processes
that begin with the definition of the scope of services delivered in the unit with further …