Barbiturate coma for intracranial hypertension: Clinical observations

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 58-62

  Dereeper, Etienne ^a   Berré, Jacques ^a   Vandesteene, Arlette ^a   Lefranc, Florence ^a   Vincent, Jean Louis ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0036107090     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jcrc.2002.33032     Document Type: Article

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