Brain Swelling and Mannitol Therapy in Adult Cerebral Malaria: A Randomized Trial

Background. Coma is a frequent presentation of severe malaria in adults and an important cause of death. The role of cerebral swelling in its pathogenesis, and the possible benefit of intravenous mannitol therapy to treat this, is uncertain. Methods. A computed tomographic (CT) scan of the cerebrum...

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Autores principales: Mohanty, Sanjib, Mishra, Saroj Kanti, Patnaik, Rajyabardhan, Dutt, Anil Kumar, Pradhan, Sudhir, Das, Bhabanisankar, Patnaik, Jayakrushna, Mohanty, Akshaya Kumar, Lee, Sue J, Dondorp, Arjen M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3148260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21810747
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cir405

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3148260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21810747
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cir405

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