Moderate hypothermia for uncontrolled intracranial hypertension in acute liver failure

Lancet

Volumn 354, Issue 9185, 1999, Pages 1164-1168

  Jalan, Rajiv ^a   Damink, Steven W M O ^b   Deutz, Nicolaas E P ^b   Lee, Alistair ^a   Hayes, Peter C ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; MANNITOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY SURFACE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; DEATH; FEMALE; HEART INDEX; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULTRAFILTRATION; WARMING;

EID: 0033517489     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)12440-6     Document Type: Article

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