Hypernatremia is associated with increased risk of mortality in pediatric severe traumatic brain injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 361-366

  Alharfi, Ibrahim M ^a,b   Stewart, Tanya Charyk ^a,c   Kelly, Shawn H ^a   Morrison, Gavin C ^a   Fraser, Douglas D ^a,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d Translational Research Centre   (Canada)

^e CHILDREN S HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f Centre for Critical Illness Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

hypernatremia; mortality, children; severe TBI; TBI interventions

Indexed keywords

SODIUM;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; HYPERNATREMIA; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84874713358     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2012.2410     Document Type: Article

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