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25-05-2023 | Meningoencephalitis | Correspondence

Meningoencephalitis requiring intensive care and neuromonitorization

Authors: Juan Antonio Llompart-Pou, Albert Figueras-Castilla, María Begoña Guardiola, Jon Pérez-Bárcena

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 7/2023

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We read with great interest the multicenter cohort study recently published by the EURECA Investigators Study Group. The authors must be congratulated on achieving 3-month follow up of 589 patients with meningoencephalitis of different aetiologies requiring intensive care [1]. …

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Title: Meningoencephalitis requiring intensive care and neuromonitorization
Authors: Juan Antonio Llompart-Pou
Albert Figueras-Castilla
María Begoña Guardiola
Jon Pérez-Bárcena
Publication date: 25-05-2023
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Meningoencephalitis
Intracranial Hypertension
Coma
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 7/2023
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-023-07080-1

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