Intraparenchymal intracranial pressure monitoring in patients with acute liver failure

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 66, Issue 2 B, 2008, Pages 374-377

  Rabadán, Alejandra T ^a,b   Spaho, Natalia ^a   Hernández, Diego ^a   Gadano, Adrián ^a   De Santibañes, Eduardo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Fulminant hepatic failure; Hemorrhagic complications; Intracranial pressure monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PARENCHYMA; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER;

EID: 47749083514     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2008000300018     Document Type: Article

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