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Cooling strategies for patients with severe cerebral insult in ICU (Part 2)
Author(s) -
Price Theresa,
McGloin Sarah,
Izzard Julie,
Gilchrist Mollie
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
nursing in critical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.689
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1478-5153
pISSN - 1362-1017
DOI - 10.1046/j.1478-5153.2003.00005.x
Subject(s) - insult , medicine , intensive care medicine , anesthesia , philosophy , linguistics
Summary• Critically ill patients who have sustained a severe cerebral insult will be actively cooled should they develop an elevated body core temperature • Patients who require therapeutic hypothermia for neuroprotection may require the same cooling strategies • A literature review suggested limited evidence to support cooling strategies currently used within one intensive care unit • An experimental approach was used to examine the effects of paracetamol and four external cooling strategies on patients with severe cerebral insult • It is suggested that paracetamol is effective in reducing body core temperature and that fans may not. However, data obtained from the study of the four external cooling strategies were inconclusive