Bench-to-bedside review: Hypothermia in traumatic brain injury

Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Sinclair, H Louise ^a   Andrews, Peter J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; GLUCOSE; INFUSION FLUID; MANNITOL;

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL DEATH; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; ENCEPHALITIS; EUROPEAN UNION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXCITOTOXICITY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; NERVE CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE; THERAPY EFFECT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT PLANNING; BRAIN INJURY;

BRAIN INJURIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE;

EID: 77956628143     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc8220     Document Type: Review

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