Treatment of intracranial hypertension and aspects on lumbar dural puncture in severe bacterial meningitis

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 264-270

  Grande P O ^a,d   Myhre, E B ^b   Nordstrom C H ^c   Schliamser, S ^b  

^a Departments of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care   (Sweden)

^b Infectious Diseases   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Brain stem herniation; CT scan; Intracranial pressure; Lumbar dural puncture

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MYDRIASIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOTIC PRESSURE; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PERSONAL MONITOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALOCELE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 0036202638     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2002.460307.x     Document Type: Article

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