Acute hypertensive response in intracerebral haemorrhage: is treatment safe and helpful?

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 374-375

  Ezzeddine, Mustapha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; NICARDIPINE; RECOMBINANT ACTIVATED FACTOR VII; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISABILITY; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PILOT PROJECTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 41949106214     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(08)70070-X     Document Type: Letter

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