A review of the current management of severe traumatic brain injury

Surgeon

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 329-337

  Winter, C D ^a   Adamines, A A ^a,b   Lewis, P M ^a   Rosenfeld, J V ^a,b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Review; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MANNITOL; MIDAZOLAM; OSMOTIC DIURETIC AGENT; PROPOFOL; SEDATIVE AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THIOPENTAL;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INFUSION; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FIRST AID; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; INFECTION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; KIDNEY FAILURE; METABOLIC RATE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REBOUND; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; SEIZURE; SEPSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27144556661     PISSN: 1479666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1479-666X(05)80112-X     Document Type: Review

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