Does intracranial pressure monitoring improve outcome after severe traumatic brain injury?

Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 507-508

  Rincon, Fred ^a   Mayer, Stephan A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cerebral Perfusion Pressure; Intracranial Pressure Monitoring; Pulmonary Artery Catheter; Severe Head Injury; Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39049193206     PISSN: 15284042     EISSN: 15346293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11910-006-0053-4     Document Type: Note

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