Intracranial emergencies in neurosurgical oncology: pathophysiology and clinical management

CA Faraj, RI Snyder, IE McCutcheon - Emergency Cancer Care, 2022 - Springer
Intracranial tumors pose a challenge in neurosurgery, especially when patients present
emergently or require emergency surgery. Tackling an acute change in the patient's mental …

[PDF][PDF] Recent update on barbiturate in relation to brain disorder

S Pathak, G Gupta, L Thangavelu, SK Singh, K Dua… - EXCLI journal, 2021 - excli.de
Barbiturate is a potent substance which forms a quintessential part of the NDPS Act. The
substance is categorized under the psychoactive groups of drugs and is essentially a drug …

Severe hypokalemia and rebound hyperkalemia during barbiturate coma in patients with severe traumatic brain injury

HG Aytuluk, H Topcu - neurocirugia, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives To evaluate the incidence of severe potassium disturbances during barbiturate
coma therapy in patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), and the characteristics of …

Barbiturate-induced dyskalaemia in patients with traumatic brain injury patient

D Theodore, D Mahanes - BMJ Case Reports CP, 2019 - casereports.bmj.com
A young man with severe traumatic brain injury and refractory intracranial hypertension was
treated with a barbiturate coma. A rare side effect of barbiturates is dyskalaemia. The …