| Fever control and application of hypothermia using intravenous cold saline. | |
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PMID: 21037507 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVES: To describe the use and feasibility of cold saline to decrease body temperature in pediatric neurocritical care. DESIGN: Retrospective chart review. SETTING: Pediatric tertiary care university hospital. PATIENTS: Children between 1 wk and 17 yrs of age admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit with acute brain injury and having received intravenous cold saline between June and August 2009. INTERVENTIONS: None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Eighteen subjects accounted for 20 infusions with mean infusion volume 18 ± 10 mL/kg. Eight subjects had traumatic brain injury, two had intracranial hemorrhage, six had cardiac arrest, and one each had ischemic stroke and status epilepticus. The mean age was 9.5 ± 4.8 yrs. Temperature decreased from 38.7 ± 1.1°C to 37.7 ± 1.2°C and from 37.0 ± 2.0°C to 35.3 ± 1.6°C 1 hr after infusion for fever (n = 14; p < .05) or hypothermia induction (n = 6; p = .05), respectively. Cold saline was not bloused but rather infused over 10-15 mins. Mean arterial blood pressure and oxygenation parameters (PaO2/FIO2 ratio, mean airway pressure) were unchanged, but heart rate decreased in those with hypothermia (121 ± 4 beats per minute vs. 109 ± 12 beats per minute; p < .05). Serum sodium concentration and international normalized ratio were significantly increased after cold saline infusion. There were no differences between preinfusion and postinfusion serum glucose and hematocrit, or between cerebral perfusion pressure and intracranial pressure in traumatic brain injury patients. CONCLUSIONS: Cold saline was an effective method of reducing temperature in children with acute brain injury. This approach can be considered to treat fever or to induce hypothermia. A prospective study comparing safety and efficacy vs. other cooling measures should be considered. |
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Authors:
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Ericka L Fink; Patrick M Kochanek; Robert S B Clark; Michael J Bell |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies Volume: 13 ISSN: 1529-7535 ISO Abbreviation: Pediatr Crit Care Med Publication Date: 2012 Jan |
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Created Date: 2012-01-06 Completed Date: 2012-05-09 Revised Date: 2013-05-27 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 100954653 Medline TA: Pediatr Crit Care Med Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 80-4 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Critical Care Medicine, Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. finkel@ccm.upmc.edu |
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Adolescent Brain Injuries / diagnosis, mortality*, therapy* Child Cohort Studies Cold Temperature Critical Care / methods Critical Illness / mortality, therapy Female Fever / prevention & control, therapy* Follow-Up Studies Hospitals, Pediatric Hospitals, University Humans Hypothermia, Induced / adverse effects, methods* Infant Infant, Newborn Infusions, Intravenous Intensive Care Units, Pediatric Male Retrospective Studies Risk Assessment Sodium Chloride / therapeutic use* Survival Analysis Treatment Outcome |
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ID/Acronym/Agency:
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1K23NS065132/NS/NINDS NIH HHS; 5K12HD047349/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; K23 NS065132/NS/NINDS NIH HHS; NS052478/NS/NINDS NIH HHS |
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7647-14-5/Sodium Chloride |
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