Posterior fossa tension pneumocephalus

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 196-199

  Suri, A ^a   Mahapatra, A K ^a   Singh, V P ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Elective ventilation; Good recovery; Posterior fossa surgery; Posterior fossa tension pneumocephalus; Sitting position

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; DEATH; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; PONS ANGLE; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SITTING;

EID: 0034069106     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050495     Document Type: Article

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