Absence of evidence for the effectiveness of five interventions routinely used in the intensive care management of severe head injury: A systematic review

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 729-733

  Roberts, Ian ^a,c   Schierhout, Gillian ^a   Alderson, Phil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UK COCHRANE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Head injuries; Meta analysis; Randomised controlled trials; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MANNITOL; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISABILITY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TYPES OF STUDY;

EID: 0031765074     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.65.5.729     Document Type: Article

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