Update in the treatment of traumatic brain injury

Current Treatment Options in Neurology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 167-175

  Bell, Scott E ^b   Hlatky, Roman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXTRAN; DONEPEZIL; FENTANYL; GALANTAMINE; KETAMINE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MANNITOL; MELATONIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; RESCUEFLOW; RIVASTIGMINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUFENTANIL;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRANIECTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPROTECTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; REVIEW; SEDATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 33344460704     PISSN: 10928480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11940-006-0007-9     Document Type: Review

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