Hypothermia as a neuroprotective strategy in subarachnoid hemorrhage: A pathophysiological review focusing on the acute phase

Neurological Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 229-237

  Thomé, Claudius ^a   Schubert, Gerrit A ^a   Schilling, Lothar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute phase; Hypothermia; Neuroprotection; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN TEMPERATURE; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 17144405283     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164105X25252     Document Type: Review

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