Induced hypothermia in acute ischemic stroke

Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1161-1174

  Lazzaro, Marc A ^a   Prabhakaran, Shyam ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Cooling; Neuroprotection; Penumbra

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; FREE RADICAL; ICE; OXYGEN; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; POTASSIUM; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG MEGADOSE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FIBRINOLYSIS; FLUID THERAPY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PANCREATITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMONIA; RETROPERITONEAL HEMATOMA; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SHIVERING; STOMACH LAVAGE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOREGULATION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CRYOANESTHESIA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51449107899     PISSN: 13543784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/13543784.17.8.1161     Document Type: Review

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