Management of posttraumatic brain swelling based on clinical typing

Chinese Journal of Traumatology - English Edition

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 175-178

  Liu, Wei Guo ^a   Qui, Wu Si ^a,b   Shen, Hong ^a   Wang, Wei Min ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b Hangzhou Geriatric Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Brain injuries; Brain swelling; Decompression; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROMAZINE; DEXAMETHASONE; FRUCTOSE; FUROSEMIDE; GLYCEROL; MANNITOL; NALOXONE; PROMETHAZINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEPHROSIS; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 2942708109     PISSN: 10081275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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