Treatment of refractory intracranial hypertension with 23.4% saline in children with severe traumatic brain injury

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 318-323

  Nakagawa, Kazuma ^a,b   Chang, Cherylee W J ^a,b   Koenig, Matthew A ^a,b   Yu, Mihae ^b   Tokumaru, Sheri ^c  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertonic saline; Intracranial hypertension; Pediatric neurotrauma; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NORADRENALIN; PENTOBARBITAL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FALLING; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; HYPOTENSION; INJURY SEVERITY; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL REFLEX; SAFETY; SERUM OSMOLALITY; SKULL FRACTURE; SPEECH DISORDER; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84861114604     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: 18734529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2011.10.011     Document Type: Article

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