Management Strategies for Severe Closed Head Injuries in Children

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 279-285

  Morrow, Stephen E ^a   Pearson, Matthew ^a  

^a MONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT   (United States)

Author keywords

Decompressive craniectomy; Head trauma; Hypertonic saline; Hypothermia; Intracranial pressure; Pediatric; Severe brain injury

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MANNITOL; PHENYTOIN; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN METABOLISM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRIENT; OXYGEN THERAPY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ALGORITHMS; BARBITURATES; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN; CATHETERIZATION; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FLUID THERAPY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 77957277351     PISSN: 10558586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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