Does early medical intervention have a role in the management of intracerebral haemorrhage?

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 633-641

  Bhalla, A ^a   Hargroves, D ^a  

^a EPSOM AND ST HELIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; ENALAPRIL; ESMOLOL; GLYCEROL; HEMOSTATIC AGENT; HYDRALAZINE; INSULIN; LABETALOL; MANNITOL; NICARDIPINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PLACEBO; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ANTICOAGULATION; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORE TEMPERATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DIURETIC THERAPY; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEAD POSITION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN TREATMENT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ANTICOAGULANTS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DIURETICS, OSMOTIC; HEMATOMA; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; POSTURE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 40449118623     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2007.01691.x     Document Type: Review

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