Pediatric traumatic brain injury: An update

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 307-313

  Emeriaud, Guillaume ^a   Pettersen, Géraldine ^a   Ozanne, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain monitoring; Decompression surgery; Head trauma; Hyperoxygenation; Hyperventilation; Hypothermia; Sedation

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMA; DEATH; DISABILITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; NEUROMONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 79960083396     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: 14736500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e3283466b6b     Document Type: Article

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