Moderate hypothermia with intracranial pressure monitoring as a therapeutic paradigm for the management of acute liver failure: A systematic review

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 210-213

  Dmello, Dayton ^a   Cruz Flores, Salvador ^a   Matuschak, George M ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Fulminant liver failure; Intracranial pressure monitoring; Moderate hypothermia; Therapeutic hypothermia

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DATA BASE; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDLINE; NEUROMONITORING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; BRAIN EDEMA; HOSPITALIZATION; LIVER FAILURE; METHODOLOGY;

BRAIN EDEMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77951230073     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-009-1702-2     Document Type: Review

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