Efficacy of different hypertonic solutes in the treatment of refractory intracranial hypertension in severe head injury patients. A comparative study of 2 ml/kg 7.5% hypertonic saline and 2 ml/kg 20% mannitol

Efficacy of different hypertonic solutes in the treatment of refractory intracranial hypertension in severe head injury patients. A comparative study of 2 ml/kg 7.5% hypertonic saline and 2 ml/kg 20% mannitol

A prospective, randomized study to evaluate the clinical benefit of increasing the osmotic load of the hypertonic solution administered for the treatment of refractory intracranial hypertension episodes in patients with severe head injury. 25 patients with severe head injury and persistent coma, adm...

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Main Authors: Nilay Chatterjee, Arpan Chaudhury, Sujoy Mukherjee, Gauri Shankar Prusty, Tapas Chattopadhyay, Subhasis Saha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2007-12-01
Series:The Indian Journal of Neurotrauma
Subjects:
Intracranial Hypertension
mannitol
hypertonic saline
head injury
Online Access:http://www.ijntonline.com/Dec07/abstracts/abs4.PDF

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