Current status of cerebral protection with mild-to-moderate hypothermia after traumatic brain injury

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 153-155

  Jiang, Ji Yao ^a   Yang, Xiao Feng ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Mild hypothermia; Therapy; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN PROTECTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NEUROPROTECTION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847321056     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e32807f2a80     Document Type: Review

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