Monitoring and managing intracranial pressure

CONTINUUM Lifelong Learning in Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 93-108

  Kincaid, M Sean ^a   Lam, Arthur M ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FUROSEMIDE; MANNITOL; PROPOFOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; INFECTION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

EID: 33745683828     PISSN: 10802371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.CON.0000290439.87946.ed     Document Type: Article

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31. 2 monitoring in head-injured patients.
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