Craniectomy in severe, life-threatening encephalitis: A report on outcome and long-term prognosis of four cases

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1426-1428

  Taferner, E ^a   Pfausler, B ^a   Kofler, A ^a   Spiss, H ^a   Engelhardt, K ^a   Kampfl, A ^a   Schmutzhard, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Craniectomy; Encephalitis; Intracranial pressure; Long term prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBODY; PROTEIN; STEROID; TROMETAMOL; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; DECEREBRATION; DECORTICATION; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN EDEMA; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALITIS, ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC; MALE;

EID: 0034890408     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340101027     Document Type: Article

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