Traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains a major public health problem globally. In the United
States the incidence of closed head injuries admitted to hospitals is conservatively estimated to …

Background Gastrointestinal complications are an important problem of antithrombotic
therapy. Proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) are believed to decrease the risk of such complications, …

Context Clinicians and trialists have difficulty with identifying which patients are highest risk
for cardiovascular events. Prior ischemic events, polyvascular disease, and diabetes mellitus …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of two acute-care management
strategies on the frequency of jugular venous desaturation and refractory intracranial …

✓ In a five-center study, 73 patients with severe head injury and elevated intracranial
pressure (ICP) were randomly assigned to receive either a regimen that included high-dose …

Early experience with continuous monitoring of jugular venous oxygen saturation (SjvO2)
suggested that this technology might allow early identification of global cerebral ischaemia in …

… MD; Contant, Charles F. PhD; Uzura, Masahiko MD; Robertson, Claudia S. MD …
Gopinath SP, Robertson CS, Contant CF, et al: Jugular venous desaturation and outcome …

✓ The continuous measurement of jugular venous oxygen saturation (SjvO 2 ) with a fiberoptic
catheter is evaluated as a method of detecting cerebral ischemia after head injury. Forty-…

… Kety SS, Schmidt CF: The determination of cerebral blood flow in man by the use of nitrous
oxide in low concentrations. Am J Physiol 143:53-66, 1945 7. Kety SS, Schmidt CF: The …

Object. The factors involved in the development of adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
after severe head injury were studied. The presence of ARDS complicates the treatment …