Prehospital management of spinal cord injuries;Präklinisches management von rückenmarkverletzungen

Anaesthesist

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 357-376

  Bernhard, M ^a   Gries, A ^a,b   Kremer, P ^a   Martin Villalba, A ^c   Bottiger B W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Deutsche Rettungsflugwacht   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Drug therapy; Fluid therapy; Prehospital management; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXTRAN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; GANGLIOSIDE GM1; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLYCEROL; INOSINE; LETEPRINIM; MANNITOL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NALOXONE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; PROTIRELIN; THROMBOXANE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; TIRILAZAD;

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FLUID THERAPY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOVOLEMIA; INTUBATION; MELENA; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPROTECTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION; BLOOD VOLUME; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEMODYNAMICS; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSIOLOGY;

BLOOD VOLUME; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TERMINOLOGY; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 18744369033     PISSN: 00032417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00101-005-0807-4     Document Type: Review

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