Selective therapeutic hypothermia: A review of invasive and noninvasive techniques

OBJECTIVE: Therapeutic hypothermia is a promising treatment to prevent secondary neurologic injury. Clinical utility is limited by systemic complications of global hypothermia. Selective brain cooling remains a largely uninvestigated application. We review techniques of inducing selective brain cool...

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Main Authors: David Straus, Vinay Prasad, Lorenzo Munoz
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Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2011-12-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2011000700025&lng=en&tlng=en
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description OBJECTIVE: Therapeutic hypothermia is a promising treatment to prevent secondary neurologic injury. Clinical utility is limited by systemic complications of global hypothermia. Selective brain cooling remains a largely uninvestigated application. We review techniques of inducing selective brain cooling. METHOD: Literature review. RESULTS: Strategies of inducing selective brain cooling were divided between non-invasive and invasive techniques. Non-invasive techniques were surface cooling and cooling via the upper airway. Invasive cooling methods include transvascular and compartmental (epidural, subdural, subarachnoid and intraventricular) cooling methods to remove heat from the brain. CONCLUSION: Selective brain cooling may offer the best strategy for achieving hypothermic neuroprotection. Non-invasive strategies have proven disappointing in human trials. There is a paucity of human experiments using invasive methods of selective brain cooling. Further application of invasive cooling strategies is needed.
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spelling doaj-art-d5ad93fccea64e94a35b97f31f0170742025-08-20T02:04:07ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42272011-12-0169698198710.1590/S0004-282X2011000700025S0004-282X2011000700025Selective therapeutic hypothermia: A review of invasive and noninvasive techniquesDavid Straus0Vinay Prasad1Lorenzo Munoz2Rush UniversityNorthwestern UniversityRush UniversityOBJECTIVE: Therapeutic hypothermia is a promising treatment to prevent secondary neurologic injury. Clinical utility is limited by systemic complications of global hypothermia. Selective brain cooling remains a largely uninvestigated application. We review techniques of inducing selective brain cooling. METHOD: Literature review. RESULTS: Strategies of inducing selective brain cooling were divided between non-invasive and invasive techniques. Non-invasive techniques were surface cooling and cooling via the upper airway. Invasive cooling methods include transvascular and compartmental (epidural, subdural, subarachnoid and intraventricular) cooling methods to remove heat from the brain. CONCLUSION: Selective brain cooling may offer the best strategy for achieving hypothermic neuroprotection. Non-invasive strategies have proven disappointing in human trials. There is a paucity of human experiments using invasive methods of selective brain cooling. Further application of invasive cooling strategies is needed.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2011000700025&lng=en&tlng=enhipotermia terapêuticaresfriamento cerebral seletivoneuroproteçãohipotermia cerebral isolada
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Selective therapeutic hypothermia: A review of invasive and noninvasive techniques
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hipotermia terapêutica
resfriamento cerebral seletivo
neuroproteção
hipotermia cerebral isolada
title Selective therapeutic hypothermia: A review of invasive and noninvasive techniques
title_full Selective therapeutic hypothermia: A review of invasive and noninvasive techniques
title_fullStr Selective therapeutic hypothermia: A review of invasive and noninvasive techniques
title_full_unstemmed Selective therapeutic hypothermia: A review of invasive and noninvasive techniques
title_short Selective therapeutic hypothermia: A review of invasive and noninvasive techniques
title_sort selective therapeutic hypothermia a review of invasive and noninvasive techniques
topic hipotermia terapêutica
resfriamento cerebral seletivo
neuroproteção
hipotermia cerebral isolada
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