Background Reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, known as free radicals, play a key role
in the etiology and progression of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease by creating …

Personal cooling garments have been developed to reduce the risk of heat stress and heat-
related injuries in hot environments. The human body can suffer from a kind of heat stress …

Therapeutic moderate hypothermia has been advocated for use in traumatic brain injury,
stroke, cardiac arrest–-induced encephalopathy, neonatal hypoxic-ischemic …

An electronic literature search through August 2010 was performed to obtain articles
describing fever incidence, impact, and treatment in patients with subarachnoid …

Objectives: To review traditional and newer means of inducing, maintaining, and
withdrawing therapeutic hypothermia and normothermia. To suggest treatment algorithms …

BACKGROUND: Although targeted temperature management (TTM) may mitigate brain
injury for severe subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), rebound fever correlates with poor …

Personal cooling systems are mainly based on cold air or liquids circulating through a tubing
system. They are weighty, bulky and depend on an external power source. In contrast, the …

Ischemic stroke is a common neurological disorder lacking a cure. Recent studies show that
therapeutic hypothermia is a promising neuroprotective strategy against ischemic brain …

Background Rupture of an intracranial aneurysm causes aneurysmal subarachnoid
haemorrhage, which is one of the most devastating clinical conditions. It can be classified …

Relatively non-invasive devices and methods for heating or cooling a patient's body are
disclosed. Devices and methods for treating ischemic conditions by inducing therapeutic …