Resuscitation of hypotensive head-injured patients: Is hypertonic saline the answer?

American Surgeon

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 253-259

  Pascual, Jose L ^a   Maloney Wilensky, Eileen ^a   Reilly, Patrick M ^a   Sicoutris, Corinna ^a   Keutmann, Michael K ^a   Stein, Sherman C ^a   Leroux, Peter D ^a   Gracias, Vicente H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Division of Traumatology and Surgical Critical Care   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VASOPRESSIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESUSCITATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE OXYGENATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40049097517     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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