Hypothermia for Acute Spinal Cord Injury - A Review

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 207-214

  Ahmad, Faiz U ^a   Wang, Michael Y ^a   Levi, Allan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypothermia; Neuroprotection; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ELECTROLYTE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BODY TEMPERATURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; COMPRESSION STOCKING; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WARMING;

HYPOTHERMIA; NEUROPROTECTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84908241631     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2013.01.008     Document Type: Review

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