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[Cerebral edema: osmotic therapy in clinical practice]
F Alemanno1, O Mayr, M Ragagni
1Servizio di Anestesia e Rianimazione, Ospedale Generale Regionale di Bolzano.
Minerva Anestesiologica
|April 1, 1992
Abstract:
Having described the therapeutic protocol to be followed in cases of cerebral edema, starting with aspecific measures (hyperventilation in a position of 30 degrees, etc.) for slight cases and progressing to specific therapy (osmotherapy, barbiturates) for more severe cases, the paper focuses on osmotherapy and illustrates the theoretical principles on which it is based and its use in clinical practice.