| Cerebral Blood Flow: Mechanisms of Ischemia, Diagnosis, and Therapy Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Pinsky, Michael (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3540426841 ISBN-13: 9783540426844 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2002 Annotation: This volume covers the most important aspects of cerebral blood flow (CBF) from bench to bedside. It first defines the basic physiology of CBF, those qualities that make it unique or are shared with other organs and their clinical implications. There follows a section on CBF pathophysiology that explores many of the known and proposed mechanisms of cerebral ischemia in stroke and trauma states. The third section describes the numerous and powerful means available to measure blood flow, tissue function and overall perfusion. These are essential measures if one is to assess the effectiveness of therapies aimed at preventing or reversing cerebral ischemia. The final section describes the interesting and often successful recent clinical trials aimed at preventing or reversing cerebral ischemia. This collection of multicenter trial data and their implications in one volume is unique in this field. This book addresses all the major aspects of CBF from basic issues to clinical practice. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Neurology - Medical | Critical Care - Medical | Anesthesiology |
| Dewey: 616.81 |
| Series: Update in Intensive Care & Emergency Medicine |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 6.36" W x 9.32" (1.04 lbs) 312 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Cerebral Blood Flow: Quantifying Consciousness Although the heart may be the source of energy needed to generate blood flow, and other organs absolutely essential for normal living, the brain is the reason we are alive. The collected book chapters are aimed at addressing this most fundamental organ and its blood flow. These papers reflect detailed descriptions of similar topics presented over a two-day period as part of the 5th International Symposium on Applied Physiology of the Peripheral Circulation held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in June 2000. The symposium and this volume were organized into four distinct groupings that follow in a logical fashion. The initial papers focus on the basic unique physiology and pathophysiology of the cerebral circulation, including a historical reviewof the means to measure cerebral blood flow and its implications of the past 30 years. Dr. Walter D. Obrist was one of the original investigators to use radiolabeled markers to assess cerebral blood flow. His equations and initial studies form an impressive introduction to where we are now. As with much of the body's special organs, the brain too has many circulatory features unique to itself.These include the unique blood-brain barrier function ofthe endothelium, local neural regulation control, and intracranial pressure effects. These special issues, plus genetic factors that may predispose individuals to developing cere- bral aneurysm, make up the initial section of the monograph. |