Traumatic brain injury in infants and children mechanisms of secondary damage and treatment in the intensive care unit

Critical Care Clinics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 529-549

  Bayir, Hülya ^a,b,c   Kochanek, Patrick M ^a,b,c   Clark, Robert S B ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW DYSREGULATION; CRANIECTOMY; EXCITOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HYPEROSMOLAR THERAPY; HYPERVENTILATION; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INFLAMMATION; INTENSIVE CARE; NEUROINTENSIVE CARE; OSMOTHERAPY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOXICITY;

EID: 0037968674     PISSN: 07490704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-0704(03)00014-9     Document Type: Review

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