Traumatic brain injury. Pathophysiology, monitoring, and mechanism-based care

Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 297-319

  Arbour, Richard B ^a,b  

^a LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOLY FAMILY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain trauma; Hypothermia; Intracranial hypertension; Metabolic suppression; Neurodiagnostics; Neurological assessment; Osmotherapy; Primary and secondary injury

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; METABOLISM; NURSING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CRITICAL CARE; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OXYGEN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878114096     PISSN: 08995885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2013.02.010     Document Type: Review

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