Langfitt Curve: Importance in the Management of Patients with Neurotrauma

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · J Neuroanaesth Crit Care 2018; 05(02): 121-122
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1654748

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Indian Society of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care

Authors

Samer S. Hoz

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq
Gabriel D. Pinilla-Monsalve

²Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Huber S. Padilla-Zambrano

³Department of Neurosurgery, Red Latino, Latin American Organization of Trauma and Neurointensive Care, Neiva, Colombia
Andrés M. Rubiano

⁴School of Medicine, El Bosque University, Bogotá D.C., Colombia
Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar

³Department of Neurosurgery, Red Latino, Latin American Organization of Trauma and Neurointensive Care, Neiva, Colombia

⁴School of Medicine, El Bosque University, Bogotá D.C., Colombia

⁵Center for Biomedical Research (CIB), Faculty of Medicine, University of Cartagena, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

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