Head trauma in the older adult population

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 49-57

  Neatherlin, J S ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Elderly; Head injury; Intracranial pressure

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MANNITOL; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; STEROID;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURY; DECUBITUS; FAMILY COUNSELING; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERVENTILATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NURSING; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT POSITIONING; SEIZURE; STRESS ULCER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0033745504     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002727-200011000-00006     Document Type: Article

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