Lumbar drainage for subarachnoid hemorrhage: Technical considerations and safety analysis

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-9

  Hoekema, Dale ^a   Schmidt, Richard H ^a,b   Ross, Ian ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

External ventricular drain; Lumbar drain; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

NIMODIPINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL PUNCTURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 36949008341     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-007-0047-3     Document Type: Article

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