Pediatric traumatic brain injury: Not just little adults

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 143-152

  Giza, Christopher C ^a,b,c,d,f   Mink, Richard B ^c,e   Madikians, Andranik ^a,c  

^a MATTEL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Development; Immature; Neurotransmission; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ETIRACETAM; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; NITROUS OXIDE; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

APOPTOSIS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SPORT INJURY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

AGE FACTORS; ANESTHETICS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847335940     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e32808255dc     Document Type: Review

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