The intensive care of severe head injury: A survey of non-neurosurgical centres in the United Kingdom

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-14

  McKeating, E G ^a   Andrews, P J D ^a,c   Tocher, J I ^a   Menon, D K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain; District general hospital; Head injury; Intensive care; Intracranial pressure; Monitoring; Sedation; Therapy; Trauma

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIURETIC AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NURSE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031882624     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699845438     Document Type: Article

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