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| Title |
Hypertonic saline infusion for treating intracranial hypertension after severe traumatic brain injury
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Critical Care, February 2018
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13054-018-1963-7 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Halinder S. Mangat |
| Abstract |
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains a major cause of mortality and disability. Post-traumatic intracranial hypertension (ICH) further complicates the care of patients. Hyperosmolar agents are recommended for the treatment of ICH, but no consensus or high-level data exist on the use of any particular agent or the route of administration. The two agents used commonly are hypertonic saline (HTS) and mannitol given as bolus therapy. Smaller studies suggest that HTS may be a superior agent in reducing the ICH burden, but neither agent has been shown to improve mortality or functional outcome. In a recently published analysis of pooled data from three prospective clinical trials, continuous infusion of HTS correlated with serum hypernatremia and reduced ICH burden in addition to improving 90-day mortality and functional outcome. This lays the foundation for the upcoming continuous hyperosmolar therapy for traumatic brain-injured patients (COBI) randomized controlled trial to study the outcome benefit of continuous HTS infusion to treat ICH after severe TBI. This is much anticipated and will be a high impact trial should the results be replicated. However, this would still leave a question over the use of mannitol bolus therapy which will need to be studied. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 57 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 10 | 18% |
| Spain | 6 | 11% |
| United States | 5 | 9% |
| Colombia | 4 | 7% |
| Mexico | 3 | 5% |
| Canada | 2 | 4% |
| Sweden | 1 | 2% |
| Chile | 1 | 2% |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 6 | 11% |
| Unknown | 18 | 32% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 44 | 77% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 8 | 14% |
| Scientists | 4 | 7% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 93 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 93 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 15% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 11 | 12% |
| Other | 8 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 9% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 7 | 8% |
| Other | 20 | 22% |
| Unknown | 25 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 39 | 42% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 12 | 13% |
| Psychology | 4 | 4% |
| Neuroscience | 2 | 2% |
| Engineering | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 4 | 4% |
| Unknown | 30 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 37. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 February 2022.
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