Cerebral perfusion pressure between 50 and 60 mmHg may be beneficial in head-injured patients: A computerized secondary insult monitoring study

Neurosurgery

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Nordström, Carl Henrik ^a  

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Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC;

EID: 33747195860     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000207975.B1     Document Type: Letter

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