Traumatic Intracranial Hypertension  

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Stocchetti, Nino ; Maas, Andrew I.R.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The New England Journal of Medicine (keterangan: ada di Proquest) vol. 370 no. 22 (May 2014), page 2121-2130.
Topik: Intracranial; Hypertension

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: N08.K.2014.01 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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An elevation in intracranial pressure can be a medical or surgical emergency. There are many possible conditions that can lead to elevated intracranial pressure on either an acute or a chronic basis (Table 1Table 1Main Mechanisms Causing Increased Intracranial Pressure Associated with Common Medical Conditions.). In this article, we focus on the increased intracranial pressure that occurs in patients after traumatic brain injury, since this is an area in which there are both physiological and clinical data. Traumatic brain injury is a medical and social problem worldwide, with an estimated 10 million cases leading to hospitalization or death each year.1 In low- and medium-income countries, in which the use of motor-powered transportation is increasing, the incidence of this condition is rising2 and involves predominantly young men. In contrast, in richer countries, the epidemiology of traumatic brain injury is changing because of two main factors: the rate of traffic incidents is decreasing owing to successful enforcement of safety laws and preventive measures, whereas the aging of the population makes such injury in the elderly more frequent.2-4

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