Mabrouk Bahloul, Anis N Chaari, Hatem Kallel, Abdelmajid Khabir, Adnène Ayadi, Hanène Charfeddine, Leila Hergafi, Adel D Chaari, Hedi E Chelly, Chokri Ben Hamida, Noureddine Rekik, Mounir Bouaziz
BACKGROUND: Acute neurogenic pulmonary edema, a common and underdiagnosed clinical entity, can occur after virtually any form of injury of the central nervous system and is a potential early contributor to pulmonary dysfunction in patients with head injuries. OBJECTIVE: To explore myocardial function in patients with evident neurogenic pulmonary edema after traumatic head injury. METHODS: During a 1-year period in a university hospital in Sfax, Tunisia, information was collected prospectively on patients admitted to the 22-bed intensive care unit because of isolated traumatic head injury who had neurogenic pulmonary edema...
September 2006: American Journal of Critical Care: An Official Publication, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses