Interhemispheric supratentorial intracranial pressure gradients in head- injured patients: Are they clinically important?

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 16-26

  Sahuquillo, Juan ^a,b   Poca, Maria Antonia ^a   Arribas, Mercedes ^a   Garnacho, Angel ^a   Rubio, Enrique ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diffuse lesion; Focal lesion; Head injury; Intracranial pressure gradient; Intracranial pressure monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032899047     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.90.1.0016     Document Type: Article

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