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Therapeutic hypothermia, still “too cool to be true?”
Therapeutic hypothermia, an intervention reducing core body temperature below 35 degrees Celsius, has gained popularity in the management of acute brain injury after a series of small clinical trials in patients following cardiac arrest, stroke and traumatic brain injury. This article reviews the ev...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Faculty of 1000 Ltd
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3702220/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23878730 http://dx.doi.org/10.12703/P5-26 |
Sumario: | Therapeutic hypothermia, an intervention reducing core body temperature below 35 degrees Celsius, has gained popularity in the management of acute brain injury after a series of small clinical trials in patients following cardiac arrest, stroke and traumatic brain injury. This article reviews the evidence relating to therapeutic hypothermia as an intervention in acute injury. |
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