iPhone app: 2 Cochrane reviews on traumatic brain injury

Today I added two articles on traumatic brain injury (TBI) to my iPhone application. One article is about mannitol in acute TBI, the other is about decompressive craniectomy (DC) for treating a refractory high intracranial pressure after TBI.

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I was surprised to find that there is more evidence for DC in a pediatric population. Actually, there is none for adults, although the authors explicitly state in the text that it may still be of added value.

Regarding mannitol, I’ll have to read an article on other solutions (literally and as a figure of speech…)