Open AccessEffects of Poststroke Pyrexia on Stroke Outcome
Author(s) -
Cother Hajat,
Shakoor Hajat,
Pankaj Sharma
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/01.str.31.2.410
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , odds ratio , meta analysis , hypothermia , acute stroke , surgery , mechanical engineering , tissue plasminogen activator , engineering
The effect of pyrexia on cerebral ischemia has been extensively studied in animals. In humans, however, such studies are small and the results conflicting. We undertook a meta-analysis using all such published studies on the effect of hyperthermia on stroke outcome.
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