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2194747

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-8-15
pubmed:abstractText
Pulmonary dysfunction is a common complication of severe head injury. The degree of initial hypoxemia which develops appears to correspond with the location and magnitude of the head injury. If unrecognized and not aggressively treated, the hypoxic insult will magnify the cerebral insult. A severe postinjury hypermetabolic state also develops and, if unrecognized and not managed aggressively with nutritional support, can also lead to severe catabolism, increased infection, and further lung dysfunction. Although supportive care is the major treatment at present, pharmacologic manipulation of the increased catecholamine activity, which is considered to be causative, may be effective in controlling both the impaired gas exchange and the hypermetabolic state. A knowledge of the various lung dysfunction states which occur in the head-injured patient population is required to optimize recovery and minimize complications.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0090-3493
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
768-74
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Pulmonary dysfunction after cerebral injury.
pubmed:affiliation
Longwood Area Trauma Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review