Survey of critical care management of severe traumatic head injury in Israel

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 375-379

  Kornecki, Alik ^a   Constantini, Shlomo ^a   Adani, Liana Beni ^a   Nagar, Hagit ^a   Halberthal, Michael ^b   Sivan, Yakov ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Critical care; Hyperventilation; Intracranial pressure; Pediatric; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; HYPERTONIC SOLUTION; MANNITOL; MORPHINE; PHENYTOIN; PROPOFOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN PERFUSION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL CARE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERVENTILATION; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; INTERVIEWS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; ISRAEL; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0036705137     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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