Full Description
A comprehensive review of the scientific and clinical studies that have led to the resurgence of interest in hypothermia as a neuroprotective strategy in the treatment of stroke and traumatic brain injury. Topics of special importance include intraoperative and intensive care management of hypothermia-treated patients, a critical look at the potential for combining hypothermia with pharmacotherapy, and an update on the latest technological advances that have made hypothermic treatment possible in today's clinical setting.
Contents
Resurgence of Hypothermia as a Treatment for Brain Injury
Carolina M. Maier and Gary K. Steinberg
The Effects of Hypothermia and Hyperthermia in Global Cerebral Ischemia
Myron D. Ginsberg and Ludmila Belayev
Mild Hypothermia in Experimental Focal Cerebral Ischemia
Carolina M. Maier
Hypothermic Protection in Traumatic Brain Injury
W. Dalton Dietrich and Miguel A. Pérez-Pinzón
Postischemic Hypothermia Provides Long-Term Neuroprotection in Rodents
Frederick Colbourne and Dale Corbett
Combination Therapy With Hypothermia and Pharmaceuticals for the Treatment of Acute Cerebral Ischemia
David C. Tong and Midori A. Yenari
Intraoperative and Intensive Care Management of the Patient Undergoing Mild Hypothermia
Teresa E. Bell-Stephens, Richard A. Jaffe, and Gary K. Steinberg
Management of Traumatic Brain Injury With Moderate Hypothermia
Elad I. Levy and Donald W. Marion
Hypothermia: Clinical Experience in Stroke Patients
Stefan Schwab and Werner Hacke
Hypothermia Therapy: Future Directions in Research and Clinical Practice
Wataru Kakuda, Takao Shimizu, and Hiroaki Naritomi. Index.
