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Mannitol versus hypertonic saline for brain relaxation in patients undergoing craniotomy

BACKGROUND: Patients with brain tumour usually suffer from increased pressure in the skull due to swelling of brain tissue. A swollen brain renders surgical removal of the brain tumour difficult. To ease surgical tumour removal, measures are taken to reduce brain swelling, often referred to as brain...

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Autores principales: Prabhakar, Hemanshu, Singh, Gyaninder Pal, Anand, Vidhu, Kalaivani, Mani
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Associação Paulista de Medicina - APM 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10496636/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26018888
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1516-3180.20151332T2