Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
2747847 Annales Françaises d'Anesthésie et de Réanimation 2006 7 Pages PDF
Abstract
The benefit of therapeutic hypothermia after severe head injury is highly controversial. However, hypothermia is still used and studied in this context for multiple reasons. Efficacy of hypothermia is demonstrated after cerebral ischemia in numerous animal studies and after cardiac arrest in human studies. Hyperthermia is a major independent factor of outcome after cerebral ischemic or traumatic brain injury. Moreover, ICP is related to core temperature, and hypothermia may be used to decrease intracranial hypertension. However, many questions are still unresolved and can explain discrepancies between clinical studies: direct measurement of cerebral temperature, relationship between ICP, temperature and PaCO2, level and duration of hypothermia and precise methods for cooling and particularly for rewarming.
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