Therapeutic Hypothermia

heralding Critical Developments In The Rapidly Expanding Field Of Therapeutic Hypothermia, This Reference Serves As The First Authoritative Source On Thermoregulation, Body Temperature Manipulation, And The Consequences Of Hypothermia. Contributors Include Recognized Leaders And Pioneers Who Have Done Much Of The Critical Research In The Field. Front Cover......Page 1 Foreword......Page 6 Preface......Page 10 Contents......Page 12 Contributors......Page 16 1. Thermoregulation and Heat Balance......Page 22 2. Hyperthermia and Fever......Page 56 3. Temperature Monitoring......Page 82 4. Biological and Molecular Mechanisms of Hypothermic Neuroprotection......Page 106 5. Effects of Hypothermia on Cerebral Metabolism, Blood Flow, and Autoregulation......Page 162 6. Complications of Hypothermia......Page 200 7. Complications of Rewarming......Page 232 8. Defeating Thermoregulatory Defenses Against Hypothermia......Page 250 9. Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer......Page 286 10. Methods to Induce Hypothermia......Page 314 11. Direct Brain Cooling......Page 344 12. Prevention and Treatment of Fever in Neurocritical Care......Page 408 13. Hypothermia for Traumatic Brain Injury and ICP Control......Page 438 14. Hypothermia for Ischemic Stroke......Page 460 15. Hypothermia for Cardiac Arrest......Page 494 16. Hypothermia for Acute Myocardial Infarction......Page 510 17. Hypothermia in Neurological and Cardiac Anesthesia......Page 546 Appendices......Page 628 Index......Page 632 Reviews normal thermoregulation and fever, the use of drugs for inductin of thermoregulatory tolerance, beneficial and adverse consequences of hypothermia, heat balance and methods of manipulating core temperature, and the clinical use of therapeutic hypothermia Body temperature is normally exquisitely regulated in mammals and birds through a wide range of environmental conditions.