TY  - JOUR
A1  - Archavlis, Eleftherios
A1  - Ulrich, Peter
A1  - Carvi y Nievas, Mario N.
T1  - New developments in drug therapy and research of cerebral vasospasm
T2  - Open Journal of Modern Neurosurgery
N2  - In this manuscript a comprehensive coverage of recent developments in the drug therapy of vasospasm while providing the background information that neuroscientists need to understand its rationale. The range of new agents available for treatment of cerebral vasospasm is expanding rapidly along with rapid advances in pharmacology and physiology that are uncovering the mechanisms of this disease. Although there are many publications for treatment of cerebral vasospasm, most are focusing on different aspects of vasospasm treatment and many have limited value due to insufficient quality. Moreover, the complexity of this, in many cases deleterious condition, is enormous and the information needed to understand drug effects is accordingly often not readily available in a single source. A number of pharmacological and medical therapies are currently in use or being investigated in an attempt to reverse cerebral vasospasm, but only a few have proven to be useful. Current research efforts promise the eventual production of new medical therapies. At last, recommendations for the use of different treatment stages based on currently available clinical data are provided.
KW  - Cerebral Vasospasm
KW  - Drug Therapy
KW  - Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
KW  - Delayed Cerebral Ischemia
KW  - New Developments
KW  - Treatment
Y1  - 2013
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/33573
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-335739
SN  - 2163-0585
N1  - Copyright © 2013 Eleftherios Archavlis et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
VL  - 3
SP  - 72
EP  - 93
PB  - Scientific Research Publishing
CY  - Irvine, CA
ER  -