Increased intra-abdominal, intrathoracic, and intracranial pressure after severe brain injury: Multiple compartment syndrome

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 647-656

  Scalea, Thomas M ^a,b   Bochicchio, Grant V ^a   Habashi, Nader ^a   McCunn, Maureen ^a   Shih, Diane ^a   McQuillan, Karen ^a   Aarabi, Bizhan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b R ADAMS COWLEY SHOCK TRAUMA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Decompressive craniectomy; Injury; Morbidity; Trauma outcomes; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PRESSURE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; AIRWAY PRESSURE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CRANIOTOMY; FOLLOW UP; HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; NOTE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TILT TABLE TEST;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; THORAX;

EID: 34147189969     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31802ee542     Document Type: Article

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