Early Hyperosmolarity and Favorable Outcome in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury? Take it with a Grain of Salt

Jennifer C Laws¹, Amelia W Maiga^{2

3}, Mayur B Patel^{2

3}, Michael S Wolf⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
² Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, Section of Surgical Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
³ Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center, Center for Health Service Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
⁴ Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA. michael.wolf@vumc.org.

Editorial

Jennifer C Laws et al. Neurocrit Care. 2024 Dec.

. 2024 Dec;41(3):723-725.

doi: 10.1007/s12028-024-02033-y. Epub 2024 Jul 12.

Jennifer C Laws¹, Amelia W Maiga^{2

3}, Mayur B Patel^{2

3}, Michael S Wolf⁴

¹ Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
² Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, Section of Surgical Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
³ Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center, Center for Health Service Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
⁴ Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA. michael.wolf@vumc.org.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to report.

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