Relationship between plasma adrenocorticotropin hormone and intensive care unit survival in early traumatic brain injury

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1457-1461

  Llompart Pou, Juan A ^a   Raurich, Joan M ^a   Ibáñez, Jordi ^a   Burguera, Bartolomé ^a   Barceló, Antonia ^a   Ayestarán, José I ^a   Pérez Bárcena, Jon ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Outcome; Plasma adrenocorticotropin; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEDATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250367965     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000219143.69483.71     Document Type: Article

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