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Sodium and brain injury: do we know what we are doing?

There is mounting evidence, including the recent report by Maggiore and colleagues, of an association between hypernatremia and mortality in patients with traumatic brain injury. This mandates a re-evaluation of routine administration of agents such as hypertonic saline for the management of intracr...

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Autor principal: Zygun, David A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2784343/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19804616
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc8014
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description There is mounting evidence, including the recent report by Maggiore and colleagues, of an association between hypernatremia and mortality in patients with traumatic brain injury. This mandates a re-evaluation of routine administration of agents such as hypertonic saline for the management of intracranial hypertension in those with traumatic brain injury.
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spelling pubmed-27843432010-09-03 Sodium and brain injury: do we know what we are doing? Zygun, David A Crit Care Commentary There is mounting evidence, including the recent report by Maggiore and colleagues, of an association between hypernatremia and mortality in patients with traumatic brain injury. This mandates a re-evaluation of routine administration of agents such as hypertonic saline for the management of intracranial hypertension in those with traumatic brain injury. BioMed Central 2009 2009-09-03 /pmc/articles/PMC2784343/ /pubmed/19804616 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc8014 Text en Copyright ©2009 BioMed Central Ltd
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title Sodium and brain injury: do we know what we are doing?
title_full Sodium and brain injury: do we know what we are doing?
title_fullStr Sodium and brain injury: do we know what we are doing?
title_full_unstemmed Sodium and brain injury: do we know what we are doing?
title_short Sodium and brain injury: do we know what we are doing?
title_sort sodium and brain injury: do we know what we are doing?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2784343/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19804616
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc8014
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