Controlled lumbar drainage in medically refractory increased intracranial pressure. A safe and effective treatment

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum

Volumn , Issue 102, 2008, Pages 89-91

  Murad, Ali ^a   Ghostine, Samer ^a   Colohan, Austin R T ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Head injury; Intracranial hypertension; Intracranial pressure; Lumbar drain

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEDATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BACK; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADULT; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOSTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66649101181     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-211-85578-2_18     Document Type: Article

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