Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1916027 Journal of the Neurological Sciences 2007 10 Pages PDF
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.

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