Therapeutic hypothermia as a bridge to transplantation in patients with fulminant hepatic failure

The most important topics in fulminant hepatic failure are cerebral edema and intracranial hypertension. Among all therapeutic options, systemic induced hypothermia to 33 - 34ºC has been reported to reduce the high pressure and increase the time during which patients can tolerate a graft. This revie...

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Autores principales: Castillo, Luis, Bugedo, Guillermo, Rovegno, Max
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Associação Brasileira de Medicina intensiva 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4396900/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25909316
http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/0103-507X.20150012
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description The most important topics in fulminant hepatic failure are cerebral edema and intracranial hypertension. Among all therapeutic options, systemic induced hypothermia to 33 - 34ºC has been reported to reduce the high pressure and increase the time during which patients can tolerate a graft. This review discusses the indications and adverse effects of hypothermia.
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spelling pubmed-43969002015-04-15 Therapeutic hypothermia as a bridge to transplantation in patients with fulminant hepatic failure Castillo, Luis Bugedo, Guillermo Rovegno, Max Rev Bras Ter Intensiva Review Article The most important topics in fulminant hepatic failure are cerebral edema and intracranial hypertension. Among all therapeutic options, systemic induced hypothermia to 33 - 34ºC has been reported to reduce the high pressure and increase the time during which patients can tolerate a graft. This review discusses the indications and adverse effects of hypothermia. Associação Brasileira de Medicina intensiva 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4396900/ /pubmed/25909316 http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/0103-507X.20150012 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Therapeutic hypothermia as a bridge to transplantation in patients with fulminant hepatic failure
title_full Therapeutic hypothermia as a bridge to transplantation in patients with fulminant hepatic failure
title_fullStr Therapeutic hypothermia as a bridge to transplantation in patients with fulminant hepatic failure
title_full_unstemmed Therapeutic hypothermia as a bridge to transplantation in patients with fulminant hepatic failure
title_short Therapeutic hypothermia as a bridge to transplantation in patients with fulminant hepatic failure
title_sort therapeutic hypothermia as a bridge to transplantation in patients with fulminant hepatic failure
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4396900/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25909316
http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/0103-507X.20150012
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