Comparison of the effectiveness of pentobarbital and thiopental in patients with refractory intracranial hypertension. Preliminary report of 20 patients;Comparación de la eficacia del pentobarbital y el tiopental en el control de la hipertensión intracraneal refractaria. Resultados preliminares en una serie de 20 pacientes

Neurocirugia

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-12

  Pérez Bárcena, Jon ^a   Barcelo B ^a   Homar, J ^d   Abadal, J M ^d   Molina, F J ^a   De La Pena A ^b   Sahuquillo, J ^c   Ibanez J ^d  

^a HOSPITAL SON DURETA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL SON LLÀTZER   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Head injury; Intracranial hypertension; Pentobarbital; Thiopental

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID; MANNITOL; PENTOBARBITAL; THIOPENTAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN PROTECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 14844303314     PISSN: 11301473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1130-1473(05)70426-7     Document Type: Article

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