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There has been an explosion of interest in child’s brain in the last decade. Summarized in the following are some of the assaults, monitoring modalities, and therapy currently playing roles in the pediatric ICU.
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Holbrook, P.R. (1988). The Child’s Central Nervous System: Assaults, Monitoring, and Therapy. In: Vincent, J.L. (eds) Update 1988. Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, vol 5. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83392-2_72
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