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Main description:
Therapeutic Hypothermia will provide a review of the subject, in particular, resuscitative hypothermia and include known mechanisms of action and results from both mechanistic and outcome laboratory studies and clinical trials. Cooling methods and potential side effects of hypothermia will be addressed as well as recommendations for future laboratory and clinical research.
This volume will be of interest to both the researcher interested in therapeutic hypothermia as well as the clinician interested in the potential use of therapeutic hypothermia in their patient population.
Contents:
Global Brain Ischemia: Animal Studies.- Global Cerebral Ischemia: Clinical Studies.- Focal Cerebral Ischemia: Mechanisms.- Focal Cerebral Ischemia: Clinical Studies.- Traumatic Brain Injury: Laboratory Studies.- Traumatic Brain Injury: Clinical Studies.- Spinal Cord Ischemia and Trauma.- Asphyxia.- Neonatal Asphyxia.- Hemorrhagic Shock and Exsanguination Cardiac Arrest.- Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Sepsis.- Liver Failure and Intracerebral Hypertension.- Myocardial Ischemia and Infarction.- Cooling Methods.- Detrimental Effects of Hypothermia.- Future Directions.
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Publication date: November, 2010
Pages: 274
Weight: 454g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Critical Care Medicine, General Issues
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