Publication details
The influence of mild hypothermia on the incidence of vasospasms in patients after severe subarachnoid hemorrhagie.
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| Year of publication | 2004 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | International Brain Hypothermia Symposium - abstract book |
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| Field | Neurology, neurosurgery, neurosciences |
| Keywords | SAH; vasospasms; mild hypothermia |
| Description | Vasospasms occur in 30% patinets after the subarachnoid hemorrhagie (SAH). The most severe spasms are in patients with Hunt and Hess IV and V, who have usually a lot of blood in the basal cisterns. According to some reports, hypothermia could decrease the incidence and severity or vasospasms in these patients.Hypothermia applied immediately after SAH does not seem to decrease neither the incidence nor the severity of vasospasms in HH IV and V patients after SAH. |