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A Murine Model of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Published on: November 21, 2013
Brain temperature in patients with chronic hydrocephalus after subarachnoid hemorrhage
Tomoaki Omori1, Yutaka Hirashima, Nobuo Oka
1Department of Neurosurgery, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Toyama, Japan.
Abstract:
The relationships between temperature indices and clinical condition on admission or improvement after ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunting were evaluated in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Brain temperatures were measured at intervals of 1 cm from the brain surface to the lateral ventricle at shunt operation. Rectal temperature was also measured. The difference between intraventricular and rectal temperatures was correlated with age (p = 0.0486), Glasgow Coma Scale (p = 0.0129), Hunt and Hess grade (p = 0.0101), and improvement score after VP shunting (p = 0.0104). Measurement of brain temperature may predict the outcome of VP shunting in patients with SAH.
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