Successful Use of Prolonged Mild Hypothermia in a Patient With Severe Head Injury and Diffuse Brain Swelling: Case Report

A 19-year-old female was admitted to our hospital after severe head injury in a traffic accident. On admission, she had no spontaneous respiration, but did have heart beat with a blood pressure of 100/60 mmHg. Neurological examination demonstrated that the Glasgow Coma Scale score was 3 and her pupi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Neurologia medico-chirurgica 2007, Vol.47(3), pp.116-120
Hauptverfasser:	MURAKAMI, Mamoru, TSUKAHARA, Tetsuya, ISHIKURA, Hiroyasu, HATANO, Taketo, NAKAKUKI, Takuya, OGINO, Eiji, AOYAMA, Takako
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Brain Edema - etiology Brain Edema - therapy Brain Injuries - complications Brain Injuries - therapy diffuse brain swelling Female head injury Humans hypothermia Hypothermia, Induced - methods
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