Mortality of space-occupying ('malignant') middle cerebral artery infarction under conservative intensive care

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 620-623

  Berrouschot, J ^a   Sterker, M ^a   Bettin, S ^a   Koster J ^a   Schneider, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain edema; Intensive care of stroke; Space occupying middle cerebral artery infarction; Stroke mortality; Stroke prognosis

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; TROMETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN INFARCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031903708     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340050625     Document Type: Article

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