Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury with Moderate Hypothermia
Open Access
- 20 February 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 336 (8) , 540-546
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199702203360803
Abstract
Traumatic brain injury initiates several metabolic processes that can exacerbate the injury. There is evidence that hypothermia may limit some of these deleterious metabolic responses.Keywords
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