Intensive care management of acute stroke: Surgical treatment

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 170-177

  Sykora, Marek ^a,b   Diedler, Jennifer ^a   Jüttler, Eric ^a,c   Steiner, Thorsten ^a   Zweckberger, Klaus ^a   Hacke, Werner ^a   Unterberg, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decompressive hemicraniectomy; Intensive care; Intracerebral haemorrhage; Ischaemic stroke; Surgery

Indexed keywords

BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INTENSIVE CARE; STROKE;

EID: 77953764827     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2010.00426.x     Document Type: Review

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