Osmotherapy for increased intracranial pressure: Comparison between mannitol and glycerol

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 139, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 725-733

  Biestro, A ^a   Alberti, R ^a   Galli, R ^a   Cancela, M ^a   Soca, A ^a   Panzardo, H ^a   Borovich, B ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Glycerol; Head injury; Intracranial pressure; Mannitol

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLYCEROL; INDOMETACIN; MANNITOL; OSMOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLYCEROL; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MANNITOL; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 0030857953     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01420045     Document Type: Article

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