How rapidly does cerebral swelling follow trauma? Observations using an animal model and possible implications in infancy

Legal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Byard, Roger W ^a   Bhatia, Kartik D ^a   Reilly, Peter L ^a   Vink, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blunt cranial trauma; Brain injury; Brain oxygenation; Child abuse; Edema; Intracranial pressure

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD VOLUME; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD INJURY; INFANCY; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; SHEEP; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME; TISSUE OXYGENATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; OXYGEN; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67349239026     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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