Contribution of edema and cerebral blood volume to traumatic brain swelling in head-injured patients

Anthony Marmarou, Panos P. Fatouros, Pál Barzó, Gennarina Portella, Masaaki Yoshihara, O. Tsuji, Takuji Yamamoto, Fred J. Laine, Stefano Signoretti, John D. Ward,

Journal of neurosurgery · 2000 · 295 citations · 45 references

Abstract

The results of this study showed that brain edema is the major fluid component contributing to traumatic brain swelling. Moreover, CBV is reduced in proportion to CBF reduction following severe brain injury.

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