Traumatic brain injury complicated by environmental hyperthermia

Temperature variations after traumatic brain injury are common and devastating. This has been shown most clearly with hypothermia, but the complications associated with hyperthermia in the setting of traumatic brain injury can be just as problematic. We present the case of a soldier with traumatic b...

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Autores principales: Hermstad, Erik, Adams, Bruce
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Clinical Challenges
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2823146/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20165724
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.58660
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description Temperature variations after traumatic brain injury are common and devastating. This has been shown most clearly with hypothermia, but the complications associated with hyperthermia in the setting of traumatic brain injury can be just as problematic. We present the case of a soldier with traumatic brain injury exposed to environmental temperatures of 115–120°F with a core temperature of over 108°F. The complications of his conditions are discussed as well as potential treatments for the deadly combination of traumatic brain injury and environmental hyperthermia.
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spelling pubmed-28231462010-02-17 Traumatic brain injury complicated by environmental hyperthermia Hermstad, Erik Adams, Bruce J Emerg Trauma Shock Clinical Challenges Temperature variations after traumatic brain injury are common and devastating. This has been shown most clearly with hypothermia, but the complications associated with hyperthermia in the setting of traumatic brain injury can be just as problematic. We present the case of a soldier with traumatic brain injury exposed to environmental temperatures of 115–120°F with a core temperature of over 108°F. The complications of his conditions are discussed as well as potential treatments for the deadly combination of traumatic brain injury and environmental hyperthermia. Medknow Publications 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC2823146/ /pubmed/20165724 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.58660 Text en © Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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