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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-3-18
pubmed:abstractText
There is widespread interest in the use of hypothermia in the treatment of CNS injury. While there is considerable experience in the use of cooling for a variety of brain pathologies, limited data exist after spinal cord injury. In the past few years, technological advances in the induction and maintenance of cooling have been achieved and can potentially allow for a more accurate evaluation of this form of treatment. We report a series of 14 patients with an average age of 39.4 years (range, 16-62 years) with acute, complete (AIS A) cervical spinal cord injuries who underwent a protocol using an intravascular cooling catheter to achieve modest (33 degrees C) systemic hypothermia. There was an excellent correlation between intravascular and intrathecal cerebrospinal fluid temperature. The average time between injury and induction of hypothermia was 9.17 +/- 2.24 h (mean +/- SEM); the time to target temperature was 2.72 +/- 0.42 h; the duration of cooling at target temperature was 47.6 +/- 3.1 h; the average total length of time of cooling was 93.6 +/- 4 h. There was a positive correlation between temperature and heart rate. Most documented adverse events were respiratory in nature. We were able to effectively deliver systemic cooling using the cooling catheters with minimal variation in body temperature. The study represents the largest, modern series of hypothermia treatment of acute spinal cord injury with intravascular cooling techniques and provides needed baseline data for outcome studies to include larger multi-center, randomized trials.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1557-9042
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
407-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19271964-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:19271964-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:19271964-Body Temperature, pubmed-meshheading:19271964-Catheterization, pubmed-meshheading:19271964-Cerebrospinal Fluid, pubmed-meshheading:19271964-Cervical Vertebrae, pubmed-meshheading:19271964-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19271964-Heart Rate, pubmed-meshheading:19271964-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19271964-Hypothermia, Induced, pubmed-meshheading:19271964-Injections, Spinal, pubmed-meshheading:19271964-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19271964-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:19271964-Pilot Projects, pubmed-meshheading:19271964-Postoperative Complications, pubmed-meshheading:19271964-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:19271964-Spinal Cord, pubmed-meshheading:19271964-Spinal Cord Injuries, pubmed-meshheading:19271964-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:19271964-Treatment Outcome, pubmed-meshheading:19271964-Young Adult
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Clinical application of modest hypothermia after spinal cord injury.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurological Surgery, The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33136, USA. alevi@med.miami.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't