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12386509

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-10-18
pubmed:abstractText
Recently there has been much interest in the use of hypothermia in the management of the brain-injured patient and its effect on outcome. Most of these studies examine the use of hypothermia compared with normothermia of 37 degrees C and have failed to demonstrate a benefit in the treatment groups, but what is normothermia in the brain-injured patient? Good epidemiologic evidence suggests that the vast majority of patients admitted to an ICU environment will develop a fever. The development of fever is clearly associated with a worse prognosis. There is now a better understanding of the possible mechanism of harm of fever and the side effects of cooling. Several treatment options for controlling temperature are discussed. Despite a sound physiologic argument for controlling fever in the brain-injured patient, there is no evidence that doing so will improve outcome.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1070-5295
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
106-10
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Management of hyperthermia in traumatic brain injury.
pubmed:affiliation
Specialist Registrar in Intensive Care Medicine and Reader in Anesthetics, Intensive Care, and Pain Medicine, Western General Hospital, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review