Sodium and brain injury: do we know what we are doing?

AUTOR(ES)

Zygun, David A

FONTE

BioMed Central

RESUMO

There is mounting evidence, including the recent report by Maggiore and colleagues, of an association between hypernatremia and mortality in patients with traumatic brain injury. This mandates a re-evaluation of routine administration of agents such as hypertonic saline for the management of intracranial hypertension in those with traumatic brain injury.

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