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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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BioMed Central
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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 |
spellingShingle | Commentary Zygun, David A Sodium and brain injury: do we know what we are doing? |
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? |
topic | Commentary |
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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