Mannitol versus hypertonic saline for brain relaxation in patients undergoing craniotomy – A Cochrane Systematic Review
Background: Patients with brain tumour usually suffer from increased pressure in the skull due to swelling of brain tissue. A swollen brain renders surgical removal of the brain tumour difficult. To ease surgical tumour removal, measures are taken to reduce brain swelling, often referred to as brain...
Main Authors: | Hemanshu Prabhakar, Gyaninder P. Singh, Mani Kalaivani, Vidhu Anand |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
2017-08-01
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Series: | Journal of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care |
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Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/jnacc-jnacc-8.17 |
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