[Anesthesiologic care of children with neurologic trauma].
Neurotrauma is a leading cause of childhood mortality. Physicians are in a continuous search for means to decrease mortality and morbidity caused by head injury. Treatment of these patients requires familiarity with both cerebral pathophysiology and actions of anaesthetic agents on brain. Early treatment of hypotension and hypoventilation would cut mortality rate by at least one third. Prevention of increased intracranial pressure is the best treatment for head injury. Anaesthetist, neurosurgeon and radiologist should all be members of a team which can secure timely diagnosis and treatment of an injured child. Paying attention to every detail is of huge significance. Treatment of the child in a pediatric trauma center or an accident and emergencies center for adults with both personnel and equipment capable for handling paediatric patients offers greater probability of survival.
Univerzitetska Deeja Klinika, Beograd.
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Simić
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Bumbasirević
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Milojević
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Marković
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Milenović
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Jovanović
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Budić
D000758:Anesthesia; D000777:Anesthetics / Q000494:pharmacology; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000628:therapy
D000777:Anesthetics