Mannitol and hypertonic saline: Going head to head

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1005-1006

  Härtl, Roger ^a   Froelich, Matteus ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Hypertonic saline solution; Intracranial pressure; Mannitol; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; HYPERTONIC SOLUTION; OSMOTIC DIURETIC AGENT;

BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN OXYGEN TENSION; BRAIN WATER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG RESPONSE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; NOTE;

DIURETICS, OSMOTIC; HUMANS; HYPERTONIC SOLUTIONS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MANNITOL;

EID: 44449147928     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0B013E318166FCF8     Document Type: Editorial

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