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Hypercapnic cerebral edema presenting in a woman with asthma: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Common causes of non-traumatic acute cerebral edema include malignant hypertension, hyponatremia, anoxia, and cerebral vascular accident. The computed tomographic images and data obtained during care of the patient described in this case report provide evidence that hypercarbia can cau...

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Autores principales: Joyce, Ryan R, McGee, William T
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3113998/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21599887
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-5-192