title: Meta-Analysis of Pre-Clinical Trials of Therapeutic Hypothermia for Intracerebral Hemorrhage.
abstract: Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) is a potent neuroprotectant for experimental ischemic stroke, but studies of TH for intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) are emerging. We systematically reviewed the experimental literature to assess TH efficacy for ICH. We found 18 suitable papers; quality scores were moderately good. Compared with normothermia, TH reduced measures of edema (mean effect size (95% CI) -1.6873 (-2.3640, -1.0106), p < 0.0001) or blood-brain barrier leakage (p < 0.0001) and improved behavioral outcomes (p < 0.0001). There was no evidence of publication bias. In this meta-analysis of available preclinical studies of ICH, TH is potently effective for reducing perihematomal edema and for improving behavioral outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center , Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: Kara R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Melmed
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center , Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: Patrick D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Lyden
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D001929:Brain Edema; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000628:therapy; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy*; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017208:Rats, Wistar
keywords: animal studies; blood–brain barrier; min hypothermia; mod hypothermia; stroke