Abstract
This article highlights the experimental and clinical data, controversies and postulated mechanisms surrounding osmotherapy with hypertonic saline (HS) solutions in the neurocritical care arena and builds on previous reviews on the subject. Special attention is focused on HS therapy on commonly encountered clinical paradigms of acute brain injury including traumatic brain injury (TBI), post-operative "retraction edema", intracranial hemorrhage (ICH), tumor-associated cerebral edema, and ischemia associated with ischemic stroke.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 157-166 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Journal of the Neurological Sciences |
Volume | 261 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 15 2007 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Cerebral edema
- Hypertonic saline
- Intracranial hemorrhage
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neurology
- Clinical Neurology