Treatment of Traumatic Head Injury - U.S./European Guidelines or the Lund Concept [1]

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2713-2714

  Naredi, Silvana ^a   Koskinen, Lars Ove ^b   Grande P O ^a   Nordström, Carl Henrik ^c   Nellgård, Bengt ^a   Rydenhag, Bertil ^d   Vegfors, Magnus ^e  

^a Dept Anaesthesia and Intensive Care ^*

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; INOTROPIC AGENT; MANNITOL; OSMOTIC AGENT;

BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EUROPE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; HYPERVENTILATION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LETTER; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EUROPE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344011015     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000095462.89651.9C     Document Type: Letter

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