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Cerebral Perfusion Pressure

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Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology

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Cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) is the net pressure of flow of blood to the brain, which is the difference between the mean arterial pressure (MAP) and the intracranial pressure (ICP).

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  • Diringer, M. N., & Axelrod, Y. (2007). Hemodynamic manipulation in the neuro-intensive care unit: cerebral perfusion pressure therapy in head injury and hemodynamic augmentation for cerebral vasospasm. Current Opinion in Critical Care, 13(2), 156–162.

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  1. Neurosurgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Box 980631, Richmond, VA, USA

    Gary Tye

  2. Medical College of Georgia, 1120 15th Street, 30912, Augusta, GA, USA

    John Brown

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  1. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Professor of Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry Virginia Commonwealth University – Medical Center Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, VCU, 980542, Richmond, Virginia, 23298-0542, USA

    Jeffrey S. Kreutzer

  2. Kessler Foundation Research Center, 1199 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ, 07052, USA

    John DeLuca

  3. Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Neurology and Neuroscience, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey – New Jersey Medical School, New Jersey, USA

    John DeLuca

  4. Independent Practice, 564 M.O.B. East, 100 E. Lancaster Ave., Wynnewood, PA, 19096, USA

    Bruce Caplan

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Tye, G., Brown, J. (2011). Cerebral Perfusion Pressure. In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79948-3_306

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