Brain Swelling and Mannitol Therapy in Adult Cerebral Malaria: A Randomized Trial

Background. Coma is a frequent presentation of severe malaria in adults and an important cause of death. The role of cerebral swelling in its pathogenesis, and the possible benefit of intravenous mannitol therapy to treat this, is uncertain. Methods. A computed tomographic (CT) scan of the cerebrum...

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Autori principali: Mohanty, Sanjib, Mishra, Saroj Kanti, Patnaik, Rajyabardhan, Dutt, Anil Kumar, Pradhan, Sudhir, Das, Bhabanisankar, Patnaik, Jayakrushna, Mohanty, Akshaya Kumar, Lee, Sue J, Dondorp, Arjen M
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Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Oxford University Press 2011
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3148260/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21810747
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cir405
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