Management and causes of pneumocephalus. Case report and review of the literature;Ursachen und management des pneumenzephalus: Fallbericht und übersicht

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Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1532-1538

  Glatz, K ^a   Berger, C ^b   Schwab, S ^b  

^a Psychiatrisches Zentrum   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air embolism; Pneumocephalus; Therapy overview

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRANIOPLASTY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PARANASAL SINUS; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTATECTOMY; SEIZURE;

ADULT; AGED; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SKULL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 28744435990     PISSN: 00282804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00115-005-1929-2     Document Type: Article

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