Severe head injury: Control of physiological variables, organ failure and complications in the intensive care unit

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1194-1201

  Schirmer Mikalsen, K ^a   Vik, A ^a,b   Gisvold, S E ^a,b   Skandsen, T ^a,b   Hynne, H ^a   Klepstad, P ^a,b  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Control of physiological variables; Intensive care; Outcome; Pneumonia; Secondary brain injury; Severe head injury

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; PROPOFOL; SERUM ALBUMIN; SODIUM; THIOPENTAL;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING DISORDER; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEAD INJURY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548583734     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2007.01372.x     Document Type: Article

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