Monitoring and treatment of severe traumatic brain injury
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traumatic brain injury, monitoring, intracranial pressure, microdialysisAbstract
On the basis of literature analysis practical guidelines on management and treatment of patients with severe traumatic brain injury were presented. Accented features of monitoring, maintaining brain tissue oxygenation and cerebral perfusion pressure.
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