Comparison of mannitol and hypertonic saline in the treatment of severe brain injuries Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 545-548

  Sakellaridis, Nikolaos ^a   Pavlou, Elias ^a   Karatzas, Stylianos ^b   Chroni, Despina ^a   Vlachos, Konstantinos ^a   Chatzopoulos, Konstantinos ^a   Dimopoulou, Eleni ^a   Kelesis, Christos ^a   Karaouli, Vasiliki ^b  

^a KAT National Hospital   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Hypertonic saline; Intracranial hypertension; Mannitol; Osmotic burden; Trauma

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; HYPEROSMOLARITY; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

BRAIN INJURIES; DIURETICS, OSMOTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MANNITOL; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79551717661     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.5.JNS091685     Document Type: Article

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