Pentobarbital versus thiopental in the treatment of refractory intracranial hypertension in patients with traumatic brain injury: A randomized controlled trial

Critical Care

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Pérez Bárcena, Jon ^a,b   Llompart Pou, Juan A ^a   Homar, Javier ^a   Abadal, Josep M ^a   Raurich, Joan M ^a   Frontera, Guillem ^a   Brell, Marta ^a   Ibáñez, Javier ^a   Ibáñez, Jordi ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENTOBARBITAL; THIOPENTAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEUROPROTECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESUSCITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT DURATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; BRAIN INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENTOBARBITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THIOPENTAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 51749120787     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc6999     Document Type: Article

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