Hypothermia for intracranial hypertension after traumatic brain injury

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 374, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 1383-1384

  O'Leary, Ronan ^a   Hutchinson, Peter J A ^b   Menon, David ^b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN INJURY; COMPLICATION;

BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION;

EID: 84963853622     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1600339     Document Type: Letter

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