Bilateral decompressive craniectomy for refractory intracranial hypertension in a child with severe ITP-related intracerebral haemorrhage

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 390-395

  Ranger, Adrianna ^a   Szymczak, Artur ^a   Fraser, Douglas ^a   Salvadori, Marina ^a   Jardine, Lawrence ^b  

^a Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery ^*  (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decompressive craniectomy; Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura; Intracerebral haemorrhage; Intracranial pressure, infant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONVALESCENCE; CRANIECTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MYDRIASIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70450191817     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000260910     Document Type: Article

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