Hyperosmolar therapy for raised intracranial pressure

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 367, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 746-752

  Ropper, Allan H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ALKALOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN EDEMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HYPEROSMOLAR THERAPY; HYPEROSMOLARITY; HYPOCHLOREMIC ALKALOSIS; HYPOKALEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; KIDNEY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SPINE STABILIZATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 84865294834     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMct1206321     Document Type: Article

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