Hypothermia for Neuroprotection in Convulsive Status Epilepticus

Stephane Legriel1, Virginie Lemiale1, Maleka Schenck1

  • 1From the Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit (S.L., V. Laurent, J.H.-G., B.P., S.M., J.-P.B.) and the Neurology and Stroke Department (F.P.), Centre Hospitalier de Versailles-Site André Mignot, Versailles, INSERM Unité 970 (Team 4), Paris Cardiovascular Research Center (S.L., A.C.), the Medical Intensive Care Unit (V. Lemiale, E.C., E.A.) and Department of Biostatistics and Medical Information (M.R.-R.), Saint Louis University Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), the Medical Intensive Care Unit, Cochin University Hospital, Hopitaux Universitaires-Paris Centre, AP-HP (F.D., G.G., N.M., A.C.), the Medical Intensive Care Unit (I.M.) and Neurophysiology Department (Y.-R.T.-D.), Lariboisière University Hospital, AP-HP, INSERM Unité 1153 (ECSTRA Team), Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité (M.R.-R.), and Paris Descartes University, Sorbonne Paris Cité-Medical School (A.C.), Paris, the Medical Intensive Care Unit, Hôpital de Hautepierre, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg (M. Schenck), and the Medical Intensive Care Unit, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, and Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Strasbourg (J.B.-H.), Strasbourg, the Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Centre Hospitalier de Melun, Melun (J.C.), the Anesthesiology and Critical Care Department, Toulouse University Hospital, University Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier, Toulouse (M. Srairi), the Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Centre Hospitalier de Montreuil, Montreuil (A.H.), the Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Centre Hospitalier du Mans, Le Mans (T.R.), the Intensive Care Units, Division of Anesthesia, Intensive Care, Pain, and Emergency Medicine, University Hospital of Nîmes, Nîmes (B.L.), and the Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy, Argenteuil (M.T.) - all in France.

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