The role for osmotic agents in children with acute encephalopathies: a systematic review

BACKGROUND: Raised intracranial pressure (ICP) is known to complicate both traumatic and non-traumatic encephalopathies. It impairs cerebral perfusion and may cause death due to global ischaemia and intracranial herniation. Osmotic agents are widely used to control ICP. In children, guidelines for t...

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Autores principales: Gwer, Samson, Gatakaa, Hellen, Mwai, Leah, Idro, Richard, Newton, Charles R
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2859077/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20398408
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-10-23

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2859077/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20398408
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-10-23

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