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SUBMITTER: Fink EL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3221013 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fink Ericka L EL Kochanek Patrick M PM Clark Robert S B RS Bell Michael J MJ
Neurocritical care 20100601 3
Brain injury is the leading cause of death in our pediatric ICU [Au et al. Crit Care Med 36:A128, 2008]. Clinical care for brain injury remains largely supportive. Therapeutic hypothermia has been shown to be effective in improving neurological outcome after adult ventricular-arrhythmia-induced cardiac arrest and neonatal asphyxia, and is under investigation as a neuroprotectant after cardiac arrest and traumatic brain injury in children in our ICU and other centers. To induce hypothermia in chi ...[more]