Traumatic brain injury: Preferred methods and targets for resuscitation

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 339-345

  Scaife, Eric R ^a   Statler, Kimberly D ^b  

^a Pediatric Trauma Service   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral perfusion pressure; Intracranial pressure; Pediatric; Resuscitation; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN OXYGEN TENSION; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD CARE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMERGENCY CARE; FLUID THERAPY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOXIA; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; INTENSIVE CARE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESUSCITATION; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; TRIAGE;

EID: 77952411980     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e3283395f2b     Document Type: Review

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