Prolonged hyperventilation in treatment of unconscious patients with severe brain injuries

MeSH terms

• Bicarbonates / cerebrospinal fluid
• Blood
• Brain Injuries / mortality
• Brain Injuries / therapy*
• Carbon Dioxide / blood
• Carbon Dioxide / cerebrospinal fluid
• Cerebrospinal Fluid
• Humans
• Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
• Hyperventilation*
• Oxygen Consumption
• Oxygen Inhalation Therapy*
• Respiration
• Time Factors
• Unconsciousness / therapy*
• Ventilators, Mechanical*