Bedside burr hole for intracranial pressure monitoring performed by intensive care physicians. A 5-year experience

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1070-1074

  Bochicchio, M ^a   Latronico, N ^a   Zappa, S ^a   Beindorf, A ^a   Candiani, A ^a  

^a SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complications; Fiberoptic device; Head trauma; Intracranial pressure monitoring; Intraparenchymal device

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRILL; FIBEROSCOPE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; MORBIDITY; PATIENT MONITORING; TRANSDUCER; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0029834706     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01699230     Document Type: Article

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