Amantadine for patients with severe traumatic brain injury: A critically appraised topic

Neurologist

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 61-64

  Spritzer, Scott D ^a   Kinney, Carolyn L ^b   Condie, John ^b   Wellik, Kay E ^c   Hoffman Snyder, Charlene R ^a   Wingerchuk, Dean M ^a   Demaerschalk, Bart M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Amantadine; evidencebased medicine; therapy; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; BACLOFEN; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; MORPHINE; PLACEBO; ANALGESIC AGENT;

AGITATION; AMNESIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REHABILITATION; REVIEW; SPASTICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN INJURIES; CASE REPORT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MEDLINE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; AMANTADINE; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; BRAIN INJURIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDLINE; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 84922024088     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0000000000000001     Document Type: Review

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