Hypothermia Therapy after Traumatic Brain Injury in Children
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- 5 June 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 358 (23) , 2447-2456
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa0706930
Abstract
Hypothermia therapy improves survival and the neurologic outcome in animal models of traumatic brain injury. However, the effect of hypothermia therapy on the neurologic outcome and mortality among children who have severe traumatic brain injury is unknown.Keywords
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