An audit of decompressive craniectomies

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-24

  Kapadia, F N ^a   Masurkar, V A ^a,b   Sankhe, M S ^a   Gursahani, R D ^a  

^a P D HINDUJA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Decompressive craniectomy; Intracranial hypertension; Raised intracranial pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISABILITY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646508373     PISSN: 09725229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.24685     Document Type: Article

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