Decompressive craniectomy in diffuse traumatic brain injury

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 497-498

  Marion, Donald W ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; LETTER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN INJURIES; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955980902     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: 14744465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(11)70098-9     Document Type: Letter

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