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Raising the head-of-bed by 30 degrees reduces ICP and improves CPP without compromising cardiac output in euvolemic patients with traumatic brain injury and subarachnoid haemorrhage: a practice audit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2006

S. Schulz-Stübner  and
R. Thiex
S. Schulz-Stübner
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA
R. Thiex
Affiliation:
Klinik für Neurochirurgie am Universitätsklinikum, der RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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European Journal of Anaesthesiology , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , February 2006 , pp. 177 - 180
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© 2006 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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