Doubts over head injury studies

BMJ. 2007 Feb 24;334(7590):392-4. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39118.480023.BE.

Abstract

Patients are receiving treatment that may be unsound as investigations by Ian Roberts and colleagues raise questions about whether influential trials of high dose mannitol ever took place

MeSH terms

  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Craniocerebral Trauma / drug therapy*
  • Diuretics, Osmotic / administration & dosage*
  • Humans
  • Mannitol / administration & dosage*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Diuretics, Osmotic
  • Mannitol