Medical versus surgical management of intracerebral hematomas

Current Atherosclerosis Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 366-372

  Trabert, Johannes ^a   Steiner, Thorsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intracerebral hemorrhage; Medical treatment; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DABIGATRAN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MANNITOL; NICARDIPINE; PLACEBO; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; RIVAROXABAN; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPRESSION GARMENT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOTOMY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; ISCHEMIA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MOBILIZATION; REHYDRATION; RISK REDUCTION; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DRUG THERAPY; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84865610567     PISSN: 15233804     EISSN: 15346242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11883-012-0259-7     Document Type: Article

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