Lack of effect of induction of hypothermia after acute brain injury

Article Abstract:

Deliberately inducing hypothermia, or low body temperature, in patients with brain injury does not appear to improve their outcome. This was the conclusion of a study of 392 patients in a coma after a head injury who were randomly assigned to hypothermia treatment or no cooling.

Coma, Coma (Medicine)

---

Hypothermia for traumatic brain injury -- a good idea proved ineffective

Article Abstract:

Hypothermia may be effective for patients with brain injury if it is begun within 90 minutes after the injury. Hypothermia is a lower than normal body temperature that is often deliberately induced for therapeutic purposes. A study published in 2001 showed it had no benefit in brain injured patients but the patients did not reach the target temperature until 8 hours after the injury.

Editorial

---

Treatment of traumatic brain injury with moderate hypothermia

Article Abstract:

Cooling patients with brain injuries for about 24 hours appears to improve their prognosis but only if their prognosis was initially good. Researchers randomly assigned 82 patients with brain injuries to 24 hours of hypothermia or 24 hours of normal temperatures. After one year, the hypothermia treatment reduced the chance of a bad outcome by 50% overall. However, this was only true in those with Glasgow coma scores of 5 to 7, which is an indication of mild to moderate injury. At one year, these patients' chance of a bad outcome was reduced 70%.

Evaluation, Injuries, Brain, Fever, Hyperthermia, Brain injuries

Similar abstracts:

• Abstracts: Apolipoprotein E epsilon4 associated with chronic traumatic brain injury in boxing. Cognitive Rehabilitation Following Traumatic Brain Injury
• Abstracts: Who cares for the care givers? Lack of health insurance among health and insurance personnel. Smoking and Mental Illness: A Population-Based Prevalence Study
• Abstracts: Characteristics of dentists participating in capitation and preferred provider organization dental plans. Dentists' participation in capitation and preferred provider organization dental plans
• Abstracts: Fancy studying in Finland or Greece? Now it's a real option. On the wards in eight weeks
• Abstracts: Inside blast radius: working with explosives requires training, good decision-making. Working into the golden years

This website is not affiliated with document authors or copyright owners. This page is provided for informational purposes only. Unintentional errors are possible.