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Original Article

Use of intracranial pressure monitoring in bacterial meningitis: a 10-year follow up on outcome and intracranial pressure versus head CT scans

Lykke LarsenDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark; Correspondence[email protected]
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Frantz R. PoulsenDepartment of Neurosurgery, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark; ;Clinical Institute, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark;
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Troels H. NielsenDepartment of Neurosurgery, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark; ;Clinical Institute, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark;
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Carl-Henrik NordströmDepartment of Neurosurgery, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark; ;Clinical Institute, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark;
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Mette K. SchulzDepartment of Neurosurgery, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark; ;Clinical Institute, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark;
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Åse B. AndersenDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark; ;Department of Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
Pages 356-364 | Received 07 Jul 2016, Accepted 01 Dec 2016, Published online: 03 Jan 2017

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