Brain swelling and mannitol therapy in adult cerebral malaria: A randomized trial

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 349-355

  Mohanty, Sanjib ^a   Mishra, Saroj Kanti ^a   Patnaik, Rajyabardhan ^a   Dutt, Anil Kumar ^a   Pradhan, Sudhir ^a   Das, Bhabanisankar ^a   Patnaik, Jayakrushna ^a   Mohanty, Akshaya Kumar ^a   Lee, Sue J ^b,c   Dondorp, Arjen M ^b,c  

^a ISPAT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE; DIAZEPAM; MANNITOL; PHENYTOIN; QUININE SULFATE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN MALARIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMA; DIURETICS, OSMOTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALE; MANNITOL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79961241467     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir405     Document Type: Review

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