Neurocritical care: Why does it make a difference?

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 174-181

  Kramer, Andreas H ^a   Zygun, David A ^b  

^a FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

intracerebral hemorrhage; intracranial pressure; neurocritical care; subarachnoid hemorrhage; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MULTIMODAL NEUROMONITORING; NEUROCRITICAL CARE; NEUROCRITICAL CARE UNIT; NEUROMONITORING; PATIENT VOLUME; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

BRAIN INJURIES; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE NURSING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84896388768     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0000000000000076     Document Type: Review

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