A review of cooling patients with severe cerebral insult in icu (Part 1)

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 30-36

  Price, Theresa ^a   McGloin, Sarah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b OLDCHURCH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooling strategies; Head injury; Severe cerebral insult; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

BRAIN INJURY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DRUG COMBINATION; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NURSING; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; BRAIN INJURIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038659253     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1478-5153.2003.00002.x     Document Type: Article

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