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Effects of Various Therapeutic Management on Raised Intracranial Pressure and on Dynamics Brain Edema in Brain Abscess Model in Cats

K. SchürmannH. W. BotheTh. WallenfangH. M. Mayer

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medicine.medical_specialtyCATSmedicine.drug_classbusiness.industryBrain edemaAntibioticsmedicine.diseaseRaised intracranial pressureSurgeryLesionAnesthesiamedicinemedicine.symptombusinessBrain abscessIntracranial pressure

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In spite of the improved antibiotic treatment of brain abscess, the mortality remains high, between 30% and 40% (2,3). With the help of effective antibiotic treatment it is possible to bring the inflammatory Part of the lesion under control, but not the space-occupying element which is determined by the inflammatory brain edema. Any improvement in the results will therefore have to wait until an effective antiedematous treatment has also been developed. The aim of our previously described investigations on experimental brain abscess in cats (3) was to demonstrate that only the additional treatment with steroids as well as the antibiotics results in an improvement in the final outcome.

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1983-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69204-8_72