Bilateral decompressive craniectomy due to intracranial hypertension during acute posttraumatic liver dysfunction

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1061-1065

  Mussack, Thomas ^a   Huber, Stefan M ^a   Ladurner, Roland ^a   Hummel, Theresia ^a   Mutschler, Wolf ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute liver dysfunction; Bilateral decompressive craniectomy; Cerebral edema; Intracranial hypertension; Liver trauma

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; MANNITOL; PENTOBARBITAL; SEDATIVE AGENT; TROMETAMOL;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN EDEMA; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; SKULL; TRAUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20144368697     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000171989.63817.8c     Document Type: Article

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