Pentobarbital coma for refractory intra-cranial hypertension after severe traumatic brain injury: Mortality predictions and one-year outcomes in 55 patients

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 275-283

  Marshall, Gary T ^a   James, Robert F ^b   Landman, Matthew P ^c   O'Neill, Patrick J ^d   Cotton, Bryan A ^e   Hansen, Erik N ^c   Morris, John A ^c   May, Addison K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MARICOPA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Barbiturate coma; Hyperosmolar therapy; Intracranial hypertension; Pentobarbital coma; Trauma; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; OPIATE; PENTOBARBITAL; SODIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OSMOLALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 77955856365     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181de74c7     Document Type: Article

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