Therapeutic whole-body hypothermia reduces death in severe traumatic brain injury if the cooling index is sufficiently high: meta-analyses of the effect of single …

E Olah, L Poto, P Hegyi, I Szabo, P Hartmann… - Journal of …, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Therapeutic hypothermia was investigated repeatedly as a tool to improve the outcome of
severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), but previous clinical trials and meta-analyses found …

POLAR study revisited: Therapeutic hypothermia in severe brain trauma should not be abandoned

E Olah, L Poto, Z Rumbus, E Pakai… - Journal of …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
The benefits of therapeutic hypothermia (TH) in severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI) have
been long debated. In 2018, the POLAR study, a high-quality international trial, appeared to …

Prolonged therapeutic hypothermia after traumatic brain injury in adults: a systematic review

LA McIntyre, DA Fergusson, PC Hébert, D Moher… - Jama, 2003 - jamanetwork.com
ContextThe benefits of therapeutic hypothermia as a treatment for traumatic brain injury (TBI)
remain unclear. ObjectiveTo explore the effects of depth, duration, and rate of rewarming …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic hypothermia versus normothermia in adult patients with traumatic brain injury: a meta-analysis

Y Zhu, H Yin, R Zhang, X Ye, J Wei - Springerplus, 2016 - Springer
Introduction Many single-center studies and meta-analyses demonstrate that therapeutic
hypothermia (TH), in which the body temperature is maintained at 32–35° C, exerts …

Rationale, methodology, and implementation of a nationwide multicenter randomized controlled trial of long-term mild hypothermia for severe traumatic brain injury …

J Lei, G Gao, Q Mao, J Feng, L Wang, W You… - Contemporary clinical …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major public health problem recently, however,
no intervention showing convincing efficacy. Therapeutic hypothermia with a relatively long …

Moderate hypothermia treatment in adult patients with severe traumatic brain injury: a meta-analysis

P Li, C Yang - Brain Injury, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: To evaluate the effect of moderate hypothermia treatment (MHT) in severe
traumatic brain injury (sTBI) compared to normothermia management. Methods: PubMed …

[HTML][HTML] Hypothermia for severe traumatic brain injury in adults: Recent lessons from randomized controlled trials

S Shaefi, AM Mittel, JA Hyam, MD Boone… - Surgical Neurology …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a worldwide health concern associated with
significant morbidity and mortality. In the United States, severe TBI is managed according to …

Therapeutic hypothermia in patients following traumatic brain injury: a systematic review

S Dunkley, A McLeod - Nursing in Critical Care, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background The efficacy of therapeutic hypothermia in adult patients with traumatic brain
injury is not fully understood. The historical use of therapeutic hypothermia at extreme …

Hypothermia treatment for traumatic brain injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis

K Peterson, S Carson, N Carney - Journal of neurotrauma, 2008 - liebertpub.com
In this study, we conducted an updated meta-analysis of the effects of hypothermia therapy
on mortality, favorable neurologic outcome, and associated adverse effects in adults with …

Future of rewarming in therapeutic hypothermia for traumatic brain injury: a personalized plan

MGL Clifton, PAB Valadka, IP Aisuku… - Therapeutic …, 2011 - liebertpub.com
Two major studies in the field of therapeutic hypothermia—the National Acute Brain Injury
Study: Hypothermia I and II—have shown the high safety levels of body cooling …