Traumatic intracranial hypertension

N Engl J Med. 2014 May 29;370(22):2121-30. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra1208708.

Authors

Nino Stocchetti¹, Andrew I R Maas

Affiliation

¹ From the Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Milan University, and Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Cà Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico - both in Milan (N.S.); and the Department of Neurosurgery, Antwerp University Hospital-University of Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium (A.I.R.M.).

PMID: 24869722
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1208708

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Craniocerebral Trauma / complications*
Decompressive Craniectomy
Drainage
Humans
Intracranial Hypertension* / etiology
Intracranial Hypertension* / physiopathology
Intracranial Hypertension* / therapy
Intracranial Pressure*
Mannitol / therapeutic use
Osmolar Concentration
Saline Solution, Hypertonic / therapeutic use

Substances

Saline Solution, Hypertonic
Mannitol