Effective treatment of refractory intracranial hypertension after traumatic brain injury with repeated boluses of 14.6% hypertonic saline

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 338-346

  Eskandari, Ramin ^a   Filtz, Michael R ^b   Davis, Gary E ^b   Hoesch, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertonic saline solution; Intracranial hypertension; Intracranial pressure; Neurocritical care; Refractory; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84881130574     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.4.JNS121541     Document Type: Article

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