Traumatic Brain Injury: A Primer for Primary Care Physicians

Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 318-331

  Bishop, Naomi B ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ADRENOMEDULLIN; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; DEXANABINOL; ENDOTHELIN 1; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; GLUTAMIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; MANNITOL; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PENTOBARBITAL; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROCALCITONIN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN S100B; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANASTOMOSIS; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN NECROSIS; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMERGENCY CARE; EXCITOTOXICITY; FALLING; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOVOLEMIA; INCIDENCE; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INFLAMMATION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROGNOSIS; THERAPEUTIC HYPERVENTILATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 33748690298     PISSN: 15385442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cppeds.2006.05.004     Document Type: Article

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