Evaluation of Carbon Dioxide Inhalation for Acute

Authors: CLARK H MILLIKAN

Publish Date: 1955/03/01

Volume: 73, Issue: 3, Pages: 324-328

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Abstract

The use of various methods of producing dilation of cerebral vessels as a treatment for cerebral infarction hypertensive encephalopathy or cerebral embolism has been reported Russek and Zohman1 have administered papaverine to patients with hypertensive encephalopathy Cooper and Morello2 injected the same drug into the carotid arteries after homolateral cerebral thrombosis Furmanski has treated acute ischemia of the brain with intravenous infusions of histamine diphosphate Many reports have concerned the use of injections of procaine into the stellate ganglion following cerebral infarction and cerebral embolus An incomplete list of these reports includes those of Naffziger and Adams5 Gilbert and de Takats6 Volpitto and Risteen7 Leriche8 DennyBrown9 and Millikan Lundy and Smith10 All these attempts at treatment have theoretically one common property the dilatation of cranial blood vessels inside and outside the cranial cavity

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