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J Neurol Surg Rep 2015; 76(01): e75-e78
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1543976
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Continuous Local Intra-Arterial Nimodipine for the Treatment of Cerebral Vasospasm

Nicola Logallo
1   Center for Neurovascular Diseases, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
2   Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
,
Marianne Lundervik Bøthun
1   Center for Neurovascular Diseases, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
2   Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
3   Department of Neurosurgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
,
Anne Berit Guttormsen
4   Intensive Care Unit, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
,
Gunhild Holmaas
4   Intensive Care Unit, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
,
Jostein Kråkenes
2   Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
5   Department of Radiology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
,
Lars Thomassen
1   Center for Neurovascular Diseases, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
2   Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
,
Frode Svendsen
3   Department of Neurosurgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
,
Christian A. Helland
1   Center for Neurovascular Diseases, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
2   Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
3   Department of Neurosurgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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15 August 2014

15 November 2014

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04 March 2015 (online)

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Abstract

Vasospasm (VSP) is one of the major causes for prolonged neurologic deficit in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Few case series have reported about continuous local intra-arterial nimodipine administration (CLINA) in refractory VSP. We report our experience with CLINA in a patient with refractory cerebral VSP.

Keywords

aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage - intra-arterial nimodipine - transcranial color-coded sonography - vasospasm
 

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