Barbiturates use and its effects in patients with severe traumatic brain injury in five European countries

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-29

  Majdan, Marek ^a,b   Mauritz, Walter ^b   Wilbacher, Ingrid ^b   Brazinova, Alexandra ^a,b   Rusnak, Martin ^a,b   Leitgeb, Johannes ^c  

^a TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b INRO International Neurotrauma Research Organisation   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

barbiturates; guidelines; intracranial pressure; medication; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; METHOHEXITAL; PHENOBARBITAL; THIOPENTAL;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEIZURE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; AUSTRIA; BARBITURATES; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; BRAIN INJURIES; CROATIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLOVAKIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871510328     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2012.2554     Document Type: Article

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