Cooling of children with severe traumatic brain injury

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 527-529

  Hutchison, James S ^a   Guerguerian, Anne Marie ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INJURY SEVERITY; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; LETTER; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WARMING;

BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84877927673     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: 14744465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(13)70058-9     Document Type: Letter

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