Conventional treatments for severe head injury: Are they effective, ineffective, or even harmful?

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1294-1296

  Grande P O ^a   Koskinen, L O ^b   Naredi, S ^b   Reinstrup, P ^a   Romner, B ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR;

BRAIN PERFUSION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; COOLING; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 35349027865     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2007.01475.x     Document Type: Note

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