Economic evaluation of decompressive craniectomy versus barbiturate coma for refractory intracranial hypertension following traumatic brain injury

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2235-2243

  Alali, Aziz S ^a,b,c   Naimark, David M J ^b,d   Wilson, Jefferson R ^e   Fowler, Robert A ^a,b,e,f   Scales, Damon C ^a,b,e,f   Golan, Eyal ^b,e   Mainprize, Todd G ^e   Ray, Joel G ^b,d,g   Nathens, Avery B ^a,b,f,g  

^a Canada   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^g ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barbiturate; Cost effectiveness; Decompressive craniectomy; Intracranial pressure; Quality adjusted life years; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PENTOBARBITAL; THIOPENTAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARBITURATE COMA; BRAIN DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFRACTORY INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; SIMULATION; SURVIVAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES; BRAIN INJURIES; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BARBITURATES; BRAIN INJURIES; COMA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MARKOV CHAINS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS;

EID: 84914111154     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000500     Document Type: Article

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