Late refractory intracranial hypertension treated by decompressive craniectomy in severe herpetic encephalitis;Hypertension intracrânienne réfractaire et tardive, traitée par craniectomie de décompression dans un cas d'encéphalite herpétique

Annales Francaises d'Anesthesie et de Reanimation

Volumn 28, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 709-710

  Pili Floury, S ^a   Valentin, L ^a   Blasco, G ^a   Godard, J ^a   Samain, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Acyclovir; Coma; Decompressive craniectomy; Encephalitis; Herpes virus; Intracranial hypertension

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; MIDAZOLAM; SUFENTANIL; THIOPENTAL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67849100996     PISSN: 07507658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annfar.2009.05.012     Document Type: Letter

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