tailieunhanh - THERAPEUTIC HYPOTHERMIA IN BRAIN INJURY

This book describes the evidence behind the application of Therapeutic Hypothermia on patients with injury to the brain and spinal cord, that includes ischemia reperfusion after cardiac arrest or asphyxiation, traumatic brain injury, acute ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, refractory intracranial hypertension, cerebral edema in acute liver failure, subarachnoid hemorrhage, as well as spinal cord injury. | THERAPEUTIC HYPOTHERMIA IN BRAIN INJURY Edited by Farid Sadaka Therapeutic Hypothermia in Brain Injury http 3380 Edited by Farid Sadaka Contributors Rekha Lakshmanan Farid Sadaka Ashok Palagiri Edgar A. Samaniego David E. Tannehill Christopher Veremakis Rahul Nanchal Gagan Kumar Kacey B. Anderson Samuel M. Poloyac Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9 51000 Rijeka Croatia Copyright 2013 InTech All chapters are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution license which allows users to download copy and build upon published articles even for commercial purposes as long as the author and publisher are properly credited which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. After this work has been published by InTech authors have the right to republish it in whole or part in any publication of which they are the author and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. Notice Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the published chapters. The publisher assumes no responsibility for any damage or injury to persons or property arising out of the use of any materials instructions methods or ideas contained in the book. Publishing Process Manager Ana Pantar Typesetting InTech Prepress Novi Sad Cover InTech Design Team First published January 2013 Printed in Croatia A free online edition of this book is available at Additional hard copies can be obtained from orders@ Therapeutic Hypothermia in Brain Injury Edited by Farid Sadaka p. cm. ISBN 978-953-51-0960-0 INTECH open science I open minds free online editions of InTech Books and Journals can be found at WWW. i ntechopen .