Equimolar doses of mannitol and hypertonic saline in the treatment of increased intracranial pressure

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 795-800

  Francony, Gilles ^a   Fauvage, Bertrand ^a   Falcon, Dominique ^a   Canet, Charles ^a   Dilou, Henri ^a   Lavagne, Pierre ^a   Jacquot, Claude ^a   Payen, Jean Francois ^a  

^a HÔPITAL MICHALLON   (France)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; URINE VOLUME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; DIURETICS, OSMOTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTONIC SOLUTIONS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MANNITOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 44449173151     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0B013E3181643B41     Document Type: Article

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