Guidelines for the acute medical management of severe traumatic brain injury in infants, children, and adolescents. Chapter 10. The role of cerebrospinal fluid drainage in the treatment of severe pediatric traumatic brain injury

Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2003 Jul;4(3 Suppl):S38-9.

Authors

P David Adelson¹, Susan L Bratton, Nancy A Carney, Randall M Chesnut, Hugo E M du Coudray, Brahm Goldstein, Patrick M Kochanek, Helen C Miller, Michael D Partington, Nathan R Selden, Craig R Warden, David W Wright; American Association for Surgery of Trauma; Child Neurology Society; International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery; International Trauma Anesthesia and Critical Care Society; Society of Critical Care Medicine; World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies

Affiliation

¹ University of Pittsburgh/Children's Hospital, USA.

PMID: 12847346

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Review

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Adolescent
Brain Injuries / complications
Brain Injuries / physiopathology
Brain Injuries / therapy*
Catheters, Indwelling
Child
Child, Preschool
Critical Care / methods
Drainage / instrumentation
Drainage / methods
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Intracranial Hypertension / etiology
Intracranial Hypertension / prevention & control
Intracranial Hypertension / therapy*
Ventriculostomy / instrumentation