Bench-to-bedside review Hypothermia in traumatic brain injury.docVIP

Sinclair and Andrews Critical Care 2010,14:204 /content/14/1/204 REVIEW Bench-to-bedside review: Hypothermia in traumatic brain injury H Louise Sinclair and Peter JD Andrews* Abstract Traumatic brain injury remains a major cause of death and severe disability throughout the world. Traumatic brain injury leads to 1,000,000 hospital admissions per annum throughout the European Union. It causes the majority of the 50,000 deaths from road tra?c accidents and leaves 10,000 patients severely handicapped: three quarters of these victims are young people. Therapeutic hypothermia has been shown to i