The impact of mild hypothermia on vasospasms in patients after severe subarachnoid haemorrhage
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| Year of publication | 2005 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Scripta medica |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Neurology, neurosurgery, neurosciences |
| Keywords | Subarachnoid haemorrhage; Vasospasms; Hypothermia |
| Description | Vasospasms occur in 30% of patients after subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). The most severe spasms are in patients with Hunt and Hess IV and V, who have usually much blood in the basal cisterns. According to some reports, hypothermia could decrease the incidence and severity of vasospasms in these patients. Hypothermia applied immediately after SAH does not seem to decrease either the incidence or the severity of vasospasms in HH IV and V patients after SAH. |