Neurobehavioral Management of Traumatic Brain Injury in the Critical Care Setting

Critical Care Clinics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 737-765

  Arciniegas, David B ^a,b   McAllister, Thomas W ^c  

^a HealthONE Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BROMOCRIPTINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARBIDOPA; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CLONIDINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DONEPEZIL; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ETIRACETAM; GALANTAMINE; HALOPERIDOL; HYPNOTIC AGENT; LEVODOPA; METHYLPHENIDATE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; OPIATE; PHENYTOIN; PHYSOSTIGMINE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; QUETIAPINE; RIVASTIGMINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID;

AGITATION; AMNESIA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLAST INJURY; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMA; DELIRIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; INTENSIVE CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEMORY DISORDER; MONOTHERAPY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN INJURIES; CRITICAL CARE; DELIRIUM; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MENTAL DISORDERS;

EID: 53249105425     PISSN: 07490704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2008.06.001     Document Type: Review

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