Intracranial pressure monitoring in acute liver failure. A procedure with clear indications

Hepatology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 504-506

  Wendon, Julia A ^a   Larsen, Fin Stolze ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; INDOMETACIN; MANNITOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33747068532     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.21311     Document Type: Note

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