Management of Intracranial Hypertension

Critical Care Clinics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 713-732

  Rangel Castillo, Leonardo ^a   Robertson, Claudia S ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CISATRACURIUM; CLONIDINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; ESMOLOL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; LABETALOL; LORAZEPAM; MANNITOL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MORPHINE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; NIFEDIPINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; ROFECOXIB; SEDATIVE AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TETRACYCLINE; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM; VECURONIUM;

ANALGESIA; BLEEDING; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; BRAIN ABSCESS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CRANIECTOMY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; FEVER; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERCHLOREMIC ACIDOSIS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LEAD POISONING; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MYOPATHY; PARALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SEDATION; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 33846198774     PISSN: 07490704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2006.06.003     Document Type: Review

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