Therapeutic hypothermia, or lowering of body temperature, among adult patients with severe bacterial meningitis was not found to be beneficial and could instead be harmful, a new study published in JAMA reveals. Among adults with bacterial meningitis, the case fatality rate and frequency of neurologic complications are high, especially among patients with pneumococcal meningitis. In animal models of meningitis, moderate hypothermia has shown favorable effects, ...Friday, 29 November 2013
Induced Hypothermia Not Beneficial for Bacterial Meningitis Patients
Therapeutic hypothermia, or lowering of body temperature, among adult patients with severe bacterial meningitis was not found to be beneficial and could instead be harmful, a new study published in JAMA reveals. Among adults with bacterial meningitis, the case fatality rate and frequency of neurologic complications are high, especially among patients with pneumococcal meningitis. In animal models of meningitis, moderate hypothermia has shown favorable effects, ...
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