Traumatic brain injury, albumin and the Lund protocol

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 864-

  Jaganath, L ^b   Umamaheswara Rao, G S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE CONTROL; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ALBUMINS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURIES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS;

EID: 45149103504     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2008.01689.x     Document Type: Letter

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