Effects of therapeutic mild hypothermia on patients with severe traumatic brain injury after craniotomy.
J Crit Care
; 22(3): 229-35, 2007 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
We investigated the effects of therapeutic mild hypothermia on patients with severe traumatic brain injury after craniotomy (TBI).METHODS:
Eighty patients with severe TBI after unilateral craniotomy were randomized into a therapeutic hypothermia group with the brain temperature maintained at 33 degrees C to 35 degrees C for 4 days, and a normothermia control group in the intensive care unit. Vital signs, intracranial pressure, serum superoxide dismutase level, Glasgow Outcome Scale scores, and complications were prospectively analyzed.RESULTS:
The mean intracranial pressure values of the therapeutic hypothermia group at 24, 48, and 72 hours after injury were much lower than those of the control group (23.49 +/- 2.38, 24.68 +/- 1.71, and 22.51 +/- 2.44 vs 25.87 +/- 2.18, 25.90 +/- 1.86, and 24.57 +/- 3.95 mm Hg; P = .000, .000, and .003, respectively). The mean serum superoxide dismutase levels of the therapeutic hypothermia group at days 3 and 7 were much higher than those of the control group at the same time point (533.0 +/- 103.4 and 600.5 +/- 82.9 vs 458.7 +/- 68.1 and 497.0 +/- 57.3 mug/L, respectively; P = .000). The percentage of favorable neurologic outcome 1 year after injury was 70.0% and 47.5%, respectively (P = .041). Complications, including pulmonary infections (57.5% in the therapeutic hypothermia group vs 32.5% in the control group; P = .025) were managed without severe sequelae.CONCLUSIONS:
Therapeutic mild hypothermia provides a promising way in the intensive care unit for patients with severe TBI after craniotomy.
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Assunto principal:
Cuidados Pós-Operatórios
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Ferimentos não Penetrantes
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Lesões Encefálicas
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Craniotomia
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Hipotermia Induzida
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2007
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Article