Moderate hypothermia in the management of severe traumatic brain injury: A good idea proved ineffective?

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 10, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 2193-2204

  Sahuquillo, J ^a,b   Mena, M P ^a   Vilalta, A ^a   Poca, M A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

High intracranial pressure; Hypothermia; Intravascular cooling methods; Neuroprotection; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM ION; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN WATER; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CORE TEMPERATURE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; METABOLIC RATE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROPROTECTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; THERMOREGULATION; WATER CONTENT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3042541136     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1381612043384051     Document Type: Review

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