Evolving paradigms in the management of severe traumatic brain injury

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2415-2417

  Stevens, Robert D ^a   Bhardwaj, Anish ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral perfusion pressure; Coma; Intracranial pressure; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

AUTOREGULATION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN PERFUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; FATALITY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; JUGULAR VEIN; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 26444596744     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000182993.63691.E1     Document Type: Editorial

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