Ischaemic brain oedema appears to involve two distinct processes, the relative contribution
and time course of which depend on the duration and severity of ischaemia, and the …

✓ Cerebral edema is frequently encountered in clinical practice in critically ill patients with
acute brain injury from diverse origins and is a major cause of increased morbidity and …

Background: Cerebral edema is a potentially devastating complication of various acute
neurologic disorders. Its successful treatment may save lives and preserve neurologic …

Two mayor types of brain edema, related to two different pathomechanisms, can be
recognized: 1) cytotoxic type-where the main feature is the swelling of cellular elements of …

Life-threatening, space-occupying brain edema occurs in up to 10% of patients with
supratentorial infarcts and is traditionally associated with a high mortality rate of up to 80 …

Brain edema is a life-threatening complication of cerebral infarction. The molecular cascade
initiated by cerebral ischemia includes the loss of membrane ionic pumps and cell swelling …

The treatment of patients with large hemispheric ischaemic stroke accompanied by massive
space-occupying oedema represents one of the major unsolved problems in neurocritical …

Ischemic stroke is associated with increasing morbidity and has become the main cause of
death and disability worldwide. Cerebral edema is a serious complication arising from …

Acutely increased intracranial pressure (ICP) is a life-threatening neurosurgical emergency.
Optimal management strategy is selected according to the causative process. Typical …

In addition, the Glasgow Coma Scale32 is used to assess the level of consciousness and is
used to follow patients neurologically during the acute hospitalization. Late-term functional …