JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
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Review
Prolonged therapeutic hypothermia after traumatic brain injury in adults: a systematic review.
The benefits of therapeutic hypothermia as a treatment for traumatic brain injury (TBI) remain unclear. ⋯ Therapeutic hypothermia may reduce the risks of mortality and poor neurologic outcome in adults with TBI. Outcomes were influenced, however, by depth and duration of hypothermia as well as rate of rewarming (