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Pentobarbital versus thiopental in the treatment of refractory intracranial hypertension in patients with traumatic brain injury: a randomized controlled trial.

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Efficacy of standard trauma craniectomy for refractory intracranial hypertension with severe traumatic brain injury: a multicenter, prospective, randomized controlled study.

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Thiopental attenuates energetic impairment but fails to normalize cerebrospinal fluid glutamate in brain-injured patients.

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Barbiturate infusion for intractable intracranial hypertension and its effect on brain oxygenation.

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Discrete cerebral hypothermia in the management of traumatic brain injury: a randomized controlled trial.

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Early, routine paralysis for intracranial pressure control in severe head injury: is it necessary?

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Effect of barbiturate coma on adrenal response in patients with traumatic brain injury.

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Decompressive craniectomy for severe traumatic brain injury: Evaluation of the effects at one year.

Albanèse J, Leone M, Alliez JR, Kaya JM, Antonini F, Alliez B, Martin C.

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Use of hypertonic saline in the treatment of severe refractory posttraumatic intracranial hypertension in pediatric traumatic brain injury.

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Normobaric hyperoxia--induced improvement in cerebral metabolism and reduction in intracranial pressure in patients with severe head injury: a prospective historical cohort-matched study.

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Sodium lactate versus mannitol in the treatment of intracranial hypertensive episodes in severe traumatic brain-injured patients.

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