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Neurocritical Care
Published in: Neurocritical Care 3/2018

01-06-2018 | Editorial

Will the Real Blood Pressure Please Stand Up?

Author: Michael N. Diringer

Published in: Neurocritical Care | Issue 3/2018

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Has this ever happened to you? You are caring for a WFNS and modified Fischer scale grade 3 subarachnoid hemorrhage patient whose screening studies make you very concerned for delayed cerebral ischemia. In evening rounds day 8 post-hemorrhage, the plan is if the patient’s neurologic status worsens, after excluding “mimics,” vasopressors will be initiated with an initial goal of raising the mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) by 15%. …
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Title
Will the Real Blood Pressure Please Stand Up?
Author
Michael N. Diringer
Publication date
01-06-2018
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Neurocritical Care / Issue 3/2018
Print ISSN: 1541-6933
Electronic ISSN: 1556-0961
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-018-0555-3

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