All authors: Department of Pediatrics, Advanced Pediatrics Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India.
*See also p. 1087.
Current address for Dr. Rameshkumar: Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, JIPMER Women and Children Hospital, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India; for Dr. S. Singhi: Chairman, Pediatrics, Medanta, The Medicity, Gurugram, Haryana, India; and for P. Singhi: Chairman, Pediatric Neurology, Medanta The Medicity, Gurgaon, Haryana, India.
This work was performed at Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India.
Dr. Bansal had full access to all the data in the study and took responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. All authors contributed to study concept, design, and administrative, technical, or material support. Dr. Rameshkumar contributed to acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data. Drs. Rameshkumar and Bansal contributed to drafting of the article. Drs. Rameshkumar, Bansal, and S. Singhi contributed to critical revision of the article for valuable intellectual content. Drs. Bansal, S. Singhi, P. Singhi, and Jayashree contributed to study supervision.
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Supported, in part, by the institutional and departmental fund.
The authors have disclosed that they do not have any potential conflicts of interest.
Trial Registration: CTRI/2011/09/001997: Trial registered as “Comparison of 20% mannitol versus 3% saline in children with raised intracranial pressure due to acute CNS infections: A pilot randomized controlled trial”.
Address requests for reprints to: Arun Bansal, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Advanced Pediatrics Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India. E-mail: [email protected]
