Hemicraniectomy after middle cerebral artery infarction with life-threatening Edema trial (HAMLET). Protocol for a randomised controlled trial of decompressive surgery in space-occupying hemispheric infarction

Trials

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Hofmeijer, Jeannette ^a,b   Amelink, G Johan ^a,b   Algra, Ale ^a,b   van Gijn, Jan ^a,b   Macleod, Malcolm R ^a,b   Kappelle, L Jaap ^a,b   van der Worp, H Bart ^a,b   de Bruijn, S ^c   Luijckx, G J ^c   van Oostenbrugge, R ^c   Stam, J ^c   Tan, J Th J ^c   van der Graaf, Y ^c   Koudstaal, P J ^c   Maas, A I R ^c   van Dijk, G W ^c   Hacke, W ^c   Kalkman, C J ^c   Tulleken, C A F ^c   Wijman, C A C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; MANNITOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANKIN SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; THERAPEUTIC HYPERVENTILATION; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 33749078326     PISSN: 17456215     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-7-29     Document Type: Article

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