Hypothermia for traumatic brain injury

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 9, 2017, Pages

  Lewis, Sharon R ^a   Evans, David J W ^b   Butler, Andrew R ^a   Schofield Robinson, Oliver J ^a   Alderson, Phil ^c  

^a ROYAL LANCASTER INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRANIOTOMY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT DURATION; HEAD INJURY; META ANALYSIS;

CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; PNEUMONIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85029835185     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001048.pub5     Document Type: Review

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