Head trauma and brain resuscitation

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 188-193

  Prough, Donald S ^a   Dewitt, Douglas S ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HYPOTENSION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030006682     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-199604000-00013     Document Type: Review

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