Systematic review of head cooling in adults after traumatic brain injury and stroke

Health Technology Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 45, 2012, Pages

  Harris, B ^a,b   Andrews, P J D ^b   Murray, G D ^a   Forbes, J ^a   Moseley, O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS AYRSHIRE AND ARRAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN TEMPERATURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COOLING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVICE THERAPY; DEVICES; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIQUID COOLING HELMET; MORTALITY; NASAL COOLANT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCALP COOLING; SKIN IRRITATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURY; FEMALE; HEAD; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEAD; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870809015     PISSN: 13665278     EISSN: 20464924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3310/hta16450     Document Type: Review

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