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  Neurosurgical infectious disease : surgical and nonsurgical management

  [edited by] Walter A. Hall, Peter D. Kim.

  Contents:
  Immunology of the CNS / Pragati Nigam and Maciej Lesniak
  Microbiological diagnosis of CNS / Yuriko Fukuta and Karin E. Byers
  Antibiotics and development of resistance / Peter D. Kim and Walter A. Hall
  Radiology of infections of the CNS / Kunal M. Patel and Charles L. Truwit
  Viral infections of the CNS
  Joseph B. Domachowske and Manika Suryadevara
  Fungal infections of the CNS / Walter A. Hall and Peter D. Kim
  Parasitic infections of the CNS / Ali Akhaddar and Mohamed Boucetta
  Bacterial brain abscess / Peter D. Kim and Walter A. Hall
  Meningeal infections / Manika Suryadevara and Joseph B. Domachowske
  Epidural and subdural infections / Sandi K. Lam and Peter C. Warnke
  Intracranial vascular infections / Hoon Choi, Walter A. Hall, and Eric M. Deshaies
  Vertebral column infections / Kyle I. Swanson and Daniel K. Resnick
  Spinal canal infections / Ian E. McCutcheon
  Neurosurgical antibiotic prophylaxis / DaraspreetKainth, Dino Terzic, and Stephen J. Haines
  Postoperative intracranial infections / Arya Nabavi, Friederike Knerlich-Lukoschus, and Andreas M. Stark
  Implanted devices and CNS infection / Ramesh Grandhi, Gillian Harrison, and Elizabeth C. Tyler-Kabara
  Pediatric CNS infections / Ian Mutchnick and Thomas Moriarty
  Immune compromise and CNS infections / Ouzi Nissim ... [et al.]
  Systemic infections in neurocritical care / Michael F. Regner ... [et al.].

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  A controlled comparison of continuous intraarterial and intravenous infusions of vasopressin in hemorrhage from esophageal varices.

  Chojkier M, Groszmann RJ, Atterbury CE, Bar-Meir S, Blei AT, Frankel J, Glickman MG, Kniaz JL, Schade R, Taggart GJ, Conn HO.

  Gastroenterology. 1979 Sep;77(3):540-6.

  Infusions of intraarterial vasopressin (IAV) into the superior mesenteric artery have been shown to be effective in controlling hemorrhage from esophagogastric varices. Intravenous infusions of vasopressin (IVV), which can be initiated rapidly and require less sophisticated equipment and personnel, have also been reported to control variceal hemorrhage. We undertook a controlled clinical trial to compare these two routes of administration. Twenty-two cirrhotic patients with massive hemorrhage from varices were randomized to receive either IVV or IAV. Intraarterial vasopressin was begun at 0.1 U/min and increased progressively as needed to 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, and 0.5 U/min. Intravenous vasopressin was begun at 0.3 U/min and increased progressively as needed to 0.6, 0.9, 1.2, and 1.5 U/min. Hemorrhage was controlled in 5 of 10 episodes (50%) with IVV and in 6 of 12 episodes (50%) with IAV. Seven of the ten episodes treated with IVV (70%) ended fatally compared with 9 of 12 treated with IAV (75%). Side-effects and complications occurred with similar frequency in the two groups. The two routes of administration are equal in effects, side-effects, and complications. We recommend that IVV, which can be administered more easily, be given a brief therapeutic trial early in the management of hemorrhage from varices.

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