Mild hypothermia therapy for patients with severe brain injury

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 318-321

  Gal, Roman ^a   Cundrle, Ivan ^a   Zimova, Iveta ^a   Smrcka, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Intensive care management; Intracranial pressure; Mild hypothermia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLADDER; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CORE TEMPERATURE; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; OXIMETRY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036312595     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(02)00023-9     Document Type: Article

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