Hypertonic saline in severe pediatric head injury

Comment

J Pfenninger et al. Crit Care Med. 2001 Jul.

. 2001 Jul;29(7):1489.

doi: 10.1097/00003246-200107000-00039.

No abstract available

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Pass the salt?
Clark RS, Kochanek PM. Clark RS, et al. Crit Care Med. 1998 Jul;26(7):1161-2. doi: 10.1097/00003246-199807000-00011. Crit Care Med. 1998. PMID: 9671362 No abstract available.
A prospective, randomized, and controlled study of fluid management in children with severe head injury: lactated Ringer's solution versus hypertonic saline.
Simma B, Burger R, Falk M, Sacher P, Fanconi S. Simma B, et al. Crit Care Med. 1998 Jul;26(7):1265-70. doi: 10.1097/00003246-199807000-00032. Crit Care Med. 1998. PMID: 9671379 Clinical Trial.
Prolonged hypernatremia controls elevated intracranial pressure in head-injured pediatric patients.
Peterson B, Khanna S, Fisher B, Marshall L. Peterson B, et al. Crit Care Med. 2000 Apr;28(4):1136-43. doi: 10.1097/00003246-200004000-00037. Crit Care Med. 2000. PMID: 10809295
Use of hypertonic saline in the treatment of severe refractory posttraumatic intracranial hypertension in pediatric traumatic brain injury.
Khanna S, Davis D, Peterson B, Fisher B, Tung H, O'Quigley J, Deutsch R. Khanna S, et al. Crit Care Med. 2000 Apr;28(4):1144-51. doi: 10.1097/00003246-200004000-00038. Crit Care Med. 2000. PMID: 10809296
Should we be using hypertonic saline to treat intracranial hypertension?
Valadka AB, Robertson CS. Valadka AB, et al. Crit Care Med. 2000 Apr;28(4):1245-6. doi: 10.1097/00003246-200004000-00069. Crit Care Med. 2000. PMID: 10809326 Review. No abstract available.