Reducing Intracranial Pressure May Increase Survival among Patients with Bacterial Meningitis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 384-390

  Lindvall, Peter ^a   Ahlm, Clas ^a   Ericsson, Mats ^a   Gothefors, Leif ^a   Naredi, Silvana ^a   Koskinen, Lars Owe D ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLONIDINE; CORTICOSTEROID; METOPROLOL; PROSTACYCLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TARGETING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1042277011     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/380970     Document Type: Article

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