Challenging the gold standard: Should mannitol remain our first-line defense against intracranial hypertension?

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 362-368

  Infanti, Jennifer L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL; OSMOTIC DIURETIC AGENT; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BLOOD; BRAIN CIRCULATION; DRUG EFFECT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; OSMOLARITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DIURETICS, OSMOTIC; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MANNITOL; NURSE'S ROLE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAFETY; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; SODIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 61549129004     PISSN: 08880395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01376517-200812000-00009     Document Type: Article

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