Pre-hospital treatment of traumatic brain injury

Seminars in Neurosurgery

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 71-78

  Chi, John H ^b   Nemani, Venu ^b   Manley, Geoffrey T ^a,b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypotension; Hypoxia; Pre hospital management; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID;

BRAIN INJURY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FLUID THERAPY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTUBATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; STEROID THERAPY;

EID: 0141676680     PISSN: 15268012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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