Severe traumatic brain injury in pediatric patients: Treatment and outcome using an intracranial pressure targeted therapy - The Lund concept

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 832-839

  Wahlström, Marie Rodling ^a   Olivecrona, Magnus ^a   Koskinen, Lars Owe D ^a   Rydenhag, Bertil ^b   Naredi, Silvana ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; Intracranial pressure; Intracranial pressure targeted therapy; Outcome; Severe traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 21244442939     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-005-2632-2     Document Type: Article

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