Hypothermia therapy after traumatic brain injury in children

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 358, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 2447-2456

  Hutchison, James S ^a,b,c   Ward, Roxanne E ^d   Lacroix, Jacques ^g   Hébert, Paul C ^e   Barnes, Marcia A ^c,i   Bohn, Desmond J ^a,b   Dirks, Peter B ^a   Doucette, Steve ^e   Fergusson, Dean ^e   Gottesman, Ronald ^h   Joffe, Ari R ^j   Kirpalani, Haresh M ^k   Meyer, Philippe G ^l   Morris, Kevin P ^m   Moher, David ^d,f   Singh, Ram N ⁿ   Skippen, Peter W ^o  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^h MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^j STOLLERY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^k MCMASTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^l HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^m BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^o BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; DOPAMINE; MANNITOL; NORADRENALIN; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOTHERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44849089005     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa0706930     Document Type: Article

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