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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...
Autores principales: | Gwer, Samson, Gatakaa, Hellen, Mwai, Leah, Idro, Richard, Newton, Charles R |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2010
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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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