Approach to severe hemispheric stroke

Neurology

Volumn 76, Issue 7 SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Kimberly, W Taylor ^a   Sheth, Kevin N ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISABILITY; DISEASE MARKER; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

EID: 79951591757     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31820c35f4     Document Type: Article

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