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03-11-03, 05:19 PM
Best wishes for a quick recovery to the rider who went down today...
Kivilev remains in a coma (http://www.velonews.com/news/fea/3583.0.html)
Kivilev remains in a coma
By VeloNews Interactive
This report filed March 11, 2003
Cofidis's Andrei Kivilev remained in a drug-induced coma late Tuesday following his fall in the second stage of Paris-Nice, according to his team doctor in Saint-Etienne.
Kivilev, who finished fourth in the 2001 Tour de France, lost consciousness after his fall and was rushed to a hospital where he has been undergoing tests.
"He has cerebral edema (general swelling of the brain)," said the Cofidis team's doctor Jean-Jacques Menuet. "We still have to wait a few hours before we can make a full diagnosis."
The 29-year-old from Kazakstan is still on a life support system. Physicians often use a drug-induced coma to reduce any unnecessary activity on the patient's part that might increase blood pressure. Doctors also administer high doses of steroids and mannitol and often adjust ventilator settings to decrease the CO2 content in the blood to aid in reducing the swelling.
Kivilev was not wearing a helmet when he fell around 40 kilometers from the finish line of the 182.5km stage in the company of two other riders, his Polish teammate Marek Rutkiewicz and German Volker Ordowski.
Kivilev's face took the full impact of the crash and he is also thought to have broken ribs.
Normal treatment protocols suggest that doctors will leave Kivilev in the drug-induced coma for the next two or three days and then conduct an extensive CAT scan to assess the condition of his brain.
(The French wire service AFP contributed to this report)
Kivilev remains in a coma (http://www.velonews.com/news/fea/3583.0.html)
Kivilev remains in a coma
By VeloNews Interactive
This report filed March 11, 2003
Cofidis's Andrei Kivilev remained in a drug-induced coma late Tuesday following his fall in the second stage of Paris-Nice, according to his team doctor in Saint-Etienne.
Kivilev, who finished fourth in the 2001 Tour de France, lost consciousness after his fall and was rushed to a hospital where he has been undergoing tests.
"He has cerebral edema (general swelling of the brain)," said the Cofidis team's doctor Jean-Jacques Menuet. "We still have to wait a few hours before we can make a full diagnosis."
The 29-year-old from Kazakstan is still on a life support system. Physicians often use a drug-induced coma to reduce any unnecessary activity on the patient's part that might increase blood pressure. Doctors also administer high doses of steroids and mannitol and often adjust ventilator settings to decrease the CO2 content in the blood to aid in reducing the swelling.
Kivilev was not wearing a helmet when he fell around 40 kilometers from the finish line of the 182.5km stage in the company of two other riders, his Polish teammate Marek Rutkiewicz and German Volker Ordowski.
Kivilev's face took the full impact of the crash and he is also thought to have broken ribs.
Normal treatment protocols suggest that doctors will leave Kivilev in the drug-induced coma for the next two or three days and then conduct an extensive CAT scan to assess the condition of his brain.
(The French wire service AFP contributed to this report)