Moderate and severe traumatic brain injury in adults

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 728-741

  Maas, Andrew IR ^a   Stocchetti, Nino ^b   Bullock, Ross ^c  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 (3 PHOSPHONOALLYL) 2 PIPERAZINECARBOXYLIC ACID; 4 PHOSPHONOMETHYLPIPECOLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; APTIGANEL; DELTIBANT; DEXAMETHASONE; DEXANABINOL; ELIPRODIL; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MANNITOL; NIMODIPINE; OMEGA CONOTOXIN MVIIA; SAPHIR; STEROID; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE MACROGOL; TIRILAZAD; TRAXOPRODIL; TRIAMCINILONE;

ADULTHOOD; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BLAST INJURY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CRANIECTOMY; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MORTALITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDATION; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS;

EID: 46849094295     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(08)70164-9     Document Type: Review

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