Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage and its treatment with nimodipine

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 82-89

  Harders, Albrecht ^a   Kakarieka, Algirdas ^b   Braakman, Reinder ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

clinical trial; computerized tomography; head injury; nimodipine; subarachnoid hemorrhage; vasospasm

Indexed keywords

NIMODIPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISABILITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INJURY SCALE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASOSPASM;

EID: 15844413520     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.85.1.0082     Document Type: Article

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