Continuous hypertonic saline therapy and the occurrence of complications in neurocritically ill patients

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1433-1441

  Froelich, Matteus ^a,b   Ni, Quanhong ^b   Wess, Christian ^b   Ougorets, Igor ^b   Härtl, Roger ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Deep vein thrombosis; Hypernatremia; Hypertonic saline; Intensive care; Intracranial pressure; Neurosurgery; Renal dysfunction; Renal failure; Sodium; Traumatic brain injury; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; NITROGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; THROMBOSIS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

BRAIN INJURIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 67650507116     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31819c1933     Document Type: Article

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