Response to Drs. Quintard, et al

Affiliations

¹ UKHealthcare, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, Lexington, KY, USA. amcook0@email.uky.edu.
² University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Comment

Aaron M Cook et al. Neurocrit Care. 2020 Oct.

. 2020 Oct;33(2):615-616.

doi: 10.1007/s12028-020-01064-5. Epub 2020 Aug 3.

¹ UKHealthcare, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, Lexington, KY, USA. amcook0@email.uky.edu.
² University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

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Guidelines for the Acute Treatment of Cerebral Edema in Neurocritical Care Patients.
Cook AM, Morgan Jones G, Hawryluk GWJ, Mailloux P, McLaughlin D, Papangelou A, Samuel S, Tokumaru S, Venkatasubramanian C, Zacko C, Zimmermann LL, Hirsch K, Shutter L. Cook AM, et al. Neurocrit Care. 2020 Jun;32(3):647-666. doi: 10.1007/s12028-020-00959-7. Neurocrit Care. 2020. PMID: 32227294 Free PMC article.
Hyperosmolar Agents for TBI: All Are Equal, But Some Are More Equal Than Others?
Quintard H, Meyfroidt G, Citerio G. Quintard H, et al. Neurocrit Care. 2020 Oct;33(2):613-614. doi: 10.1007/s12028-020-01063-6. Epub 2020 Aug 7. Neurocrit Care. 2020. PMID: 32770340 No abstract available.

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