Therapeutic hypothermia and traumatic brain injury

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 258-262

  De Deyne, Cathy S ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Intracranial pressure; Outcome; Therapeutic hypothermia; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; COOLING; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; RESUSCITATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77952164690     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e328336ea44     Document Type: Review

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