[Cranio-cerebral hypothermia in the treatment of patients with cranio-cerebral injuries].
Within a set of therapeutic measures the authors employed cranio-cerebral hypthermia with the aid of an air hypotherm in 56 patients with severe skull-brain trauma. The temperature of the convexital cortex was reduced in the majority of cases to 28-30 degrees C, the rectal temperature being preserved at 33-34 degrees C. It was found that craniocerebral hypothermia should be employed in skull-brain injury patients as soon as the presence of a space-occupying intracranial formation requiring a surgical intervention is excluded, or immediately thereafter. The reduction of cerebral metabolism during the colling can be indirectly demonstrated by EEG changes and evoked potentials recordings.
D000208:Acute Disease; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D001924:Brain Concussion / Q000601:surgery; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D011182:Postoperative Care; D012886:Skull / Q000293:injuries*; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology
Kranio-tserebral'naia gipotermiia pri lechenii bol'nykh s cherepno-mozgovoĭ travmoĭ