Treatment of intracranial hypertension

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-134

  Lescot, Thomas ^a   Abdennour, Lamine ^a   Boch, Anne Laure ^a   Puybasset, Louis ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cerebral perfusion pressure; Intracranial pressure; Osmotherapy; Sedation; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; MANNITOL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; PROPOFOL; SEDATIVE AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID; SUFENTANIL;

ALGORITHM; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEDATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ALBUMINS; ANESTHESIA; BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION;

EID: 41849138993     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e3282f63c51     Document Type: Review

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