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Life-threatening intracranial hypertension in reye's syndrome treated with intravenous thiopentone

✍ Scribed by R. C. McWilliam; J. B. P. Stephenson

Publisher: Springer
Year: 1985
Tongue: English
Weight: 141 KB
Volume: 144
Category: Article
ISSN: 0340-6997
DOI: 10.1007/bf00441783

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✦ Synopsis

A patient with Reye syndrome is described in whom cerebral perfusion pressure was reduced to less than 5 mmHg with loss of EEG activity. The intravenous administration of thiopentone reduced intracranial pressure and improved cerebral perfusion pressure with restoration of EEG and full recovery.

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