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Admission des patients cirrhotiques en réanimation : le score de Child-Pugh est-il un outil pertinent ?
Le pronostic des cirrhotiques en réanimation s’améliore depuis dix ans du fait d’une standardisation de la prise en charge des complications de la cirrhose, ainsi que grâce à l’amélioration globale de la prise...
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Delayed rupture of traumatic aneurysm after civilian craniocerebral gunshot injury in children
There are few published large series on civilian craniocerebral gunshot injuries in children. Traumatic intracranial aneurysms (TICAs) are rare and highly unstable lesions. They represent less than 1% of all a...
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Craniocerebral injury resulting from transorbital stick penetration in children
Objects: Two children were admitted to hospital for treatment of craniocerebral injury with transorbital penetration. Methods: One child aged 6 years and 6 months had poked a chopstick in his orbit. There was no...
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Respiratory distress caused by migration of ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter into the chest cavity
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A controlled study of Dextran 40: effect on cerebral blood flow and metabolic rates in acute head trauma
A controlled double-blind evaluation of the effects of Dextran 40 at different concentrations on cerebral blood flow (CBF), cerebral oxygen consumption (CMRO2) and cerebral lactate production (CMRLact) was carrie...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
An Effacement Score for Basal Cisterns to Predict ICP Level and Outcome After Severe Closed Head Injury
In severe head injury, obliteration of basal cisterns on the initial CT-scan is associated with intracranial hypertension and poor outcome (Van Dongen et al. 1983, Teasdale et al. 1984, Toutant et al. 1984). I...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Continuous Monitoring of ICP, CPP and BAER
Continuous monitoring of brainstem evoked auditive responses (BAER) proved to be helpful in evaluating brainstem dysfunction secondary to intracranial hypertension (Garcia-Larrea et al. 1987). The present work...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Relations of Cerebral Perfusion Pressure and Hematocrit with Hemispheric Cerebral Blood Flow during Post — Traumatic Coma
In head-injured patients, previous reports on correlations between cerebral blood flow (CBF) and cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP), intracranial pressure (ICP) and arterial blood pressure were discordant (4,1,...