Hypertonic saline, not mannitol, should be considered gold-standard medical therapy for intracranial hypertension

Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Marko, Nicholas F ^a,b  

^a CANCER RESEARCH UK CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL; PHENOBARBITAL; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HYPEROSMOLARITY; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANIMAL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MANNITOL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857354388     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc11182     Document Type: Note

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