Effects of mild hypothermia on patients with lower intracranial pressure following severe brain injury

Chinese Journal of Traumatology - English Edition

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 54-56

  Wang, Wei Ping ^a   Ren, Hai Jun ^b   Chi, Jing Yang ^a   Xu, Fu Lin ^a   Quan, Yong ^a  

^a The Central Hospital of Minhang District   (China)

^b LANZHOU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Hypothermia; Intracranial pressure

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 15844402358     PISSN: 10081275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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