Early decompressive craniectomy for patients with severe traumatic brain injury and refractory intracranial hypertension-A pilot randomized trial

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 387-393

  Cooper, D James ^a,b,c   Rosenfeld, Jeffrey V ^a,b,c   Murray, Lynnette ^a,c   Wolfe, Rory ^b   Ponsford, Jennie ^a   Davies, Andrew ^a   D'Urso, Paul ^c   Pellegrino, Vincent ^a   Malham, Gregory ^a,b,c   Kossmann, Thomas ^a,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL TRAUMA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decompressive craniectomy; Diffuse traumatic brain injury; Intracranial hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIECTOMY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 49749117830     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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