Effect and Feasibility of Controlled Rewarming After Moderate Hypothermia in Stroke Patients With Malignant Infarction of the Middle Cerebral Artery | Zendy

Thorsten Steiner | Zendy; Tim Friede | Zendy; Alfred Aschoff | Zendy; Peter D. Schellinger | Zendy; Stefan Schwab | Zendy; Werner Hacke | Zendy

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Effect and Feasibility of Controlled Rewarming After Moderate Hypothermia in Stroke Patients With Malignant Infarction of the Middle Cerebral Artery

Author(s) -

Thorsten Steiner,

Tim Friede,

Alfred Aschoff,

Peter D. Schellinger,

Stefan Schwab,

Werner Hacke

Publication year - 2001

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/hs1201.99511

Subject(s) - medicine , hypothermia , anesthesia , intracranial pressure , infarction , perfusion , middle cerebral artery , stroke (engine) , cerebral perfusion pressure , cerebral infarction , cardiology , ischemia , myocardial infarction , mechanical engineering , engineering

Moderate hypothermia has been found to reduce intracranial pressure (ICP) significantly in patients who have severe middle cerebral artery infarction. However, during passive rewarming, ICP continuously rises and some patients suffer transtentorial herniation.

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