Management of patients with severe traumatic brain injury guided by intraventricular intracranial pressure monitoring: A report of 136 cases

Chinese Journal of Traumatology - English Edition

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 146-151

  Zeng, Tao ^a   Gao, Liang ^b  

^a FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brain injuries; Intracranial pressure; Ventriculostomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ANASTOMOSIS; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN VENTRICLE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 84927566462     PISSN: 10081275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1008-1275.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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