Traumatic brain injury: Intensive care management

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-42

  Helmy, A ^a   Vizcaychipi, M ^a   Gupta, A K ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain, injury; Complications, head injury; Head, injury; Intensive care; Monitoring, intracranial pressure; Neurosurgical

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ATRACURIUM; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FENTANYL; GLUCOSE; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MANNITOL; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL; PHENYTOIN; PROPOFOL; RANITIDINE; REMIFENTANIL; SUCRALFATE;

ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIST; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FLUID BALANCE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPEROSMOLARITY; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PARALYSIS; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEDATION; SEIZURE; SODIUM BALANCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 34447558578     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aem139     Document Type: Review

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