Rapid infusion of cold saline (4°C) as adjunctive treatment of fever in patients with brain injury

Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1739-1741

  Badjatia, Neeraj ^a,b   Bodock, Michael ^a   Guanci, M ^a   Rordorf, G A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Neurological Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BOLUS INJECTION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745658445     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000218166.54150.0a     Document Type: Article

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