• Stroke · Dec 2009

    Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study

    Prophylactic, endovascularly based, long-term normothermia in ICU patients with severe cerebrovascular disease: bicenter prospective, randomized trial.

    • Gregor Broessner, Ronny Beer, Peter Lackner, Raimund Helbok, Marlene Fischer, Bettina Pfausler, Janelle Rhorer, Lea Küppers-Tiedt, Dietmar Schneider, and Erich Schmutzhard.
    • Department of Neurology, Neurologic Intensive Care Unit, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria. gregor.broessner@i-med.ac.at
    • Stroke. 2009 Dec 1;40(12):e657-65.

    Background And PurposeWe sought to study the effectiveness and safety of endovascular cooling to maintain prophylactic normothermia in comparison with standardized, stepwise, escalating fever management to reduce fever burden in patients with severe cerebrovascular disease.MethodsThis study was a prospective, randomized, controlled trial with a blinded neurologic outcome evaluation comparison between prophylactic, catheter-based normothermia (CoolGard; ie, body core temperature 36.5 degrees C) and conventional, stepwise fever management with anti-inflammatory drugs and surface cooling. Patients admitted to 1 of the 2 neurointensive care units were eligible for study inclusion when they had a (1) spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage with Hunt & Hess grade between 3 and 5, (2) spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage with a Glasgow Coma Scale score or=15.ResultsA total of 102 patients (56 female) were enrolled during a 3.5-year period. Fifty percent had a spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage, 40% had a spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage, and 10% had a complicated cerebral infarction. Overall median total fever burden during the course of treatment was 0.0 degrees C hour and 4.3 degrees C hours in the catheter and conventional groups, respectively (P<0.0001). Prophylactic normothermia did not lead to an increase in the number of patients who experienced a major adverse event. No significant difference was found in mortality and neurologic long-term follow-up.ConclusionsLong-term, catheter-based, prophylactic normothermia significantly reduces fever burden in neurointensive care unit patients with severe cerebrovascular disease and is not associated with increased major adverse events.

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