Collapse Following Subgaleal Negative Pressure Drain Application: Reverse Brain Herniation or Trigeminocardiac Reflex?

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · J Neuroanaesth Crit Care 2022; 09(03): 211-212
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1756434

Correspondence

Shamik K. Paul

¹Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India

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Shalendra Singh

¹Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India

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¹Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India

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Gunjan Singh

¹Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India

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