DECRA investigators' response to "the future of decompressive craniectomy for diffuse traumatic brain injury" by Honeybul et al.

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 29, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 2595-2596

  Cooper, D James ^a   Rosenfeld, Jeffrey V ^b   Wolfe, Rory ^b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MANNITOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOPLASTY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FRONTAL LOBE; HEART CATHETER; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INJURY SEVERITY; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; MORBIDITY; MYDRIASIS; PARALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PUPIL REFLEX; RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN INJURIES; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84869054205     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2011.2279     Document Type: Letter

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