Therapeutic hypothermia for adult viral meningoencephalitis

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 151-155

  Kutleša, Marko ^a,b   Baršić, Bruno ^a,b   Lepur, Dragan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b Ministarstva Zdravstva i Socijalne Skrbi RH   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adult; Therapeutic hypothermia; Viral meningoencephalitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; APACHE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS HEMOFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVOR; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS MENINGOENCEPHALITIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052644770     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-010-9500-9     Document Type: Article

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