Intensive Care Medicine

, Volume 30, Issue 10, pp 1860–1864 | Cite as

Induced hypothermia in traumatic brain injury: considering the conflicting results of meta-analyses and moving forward

  • Kees H. Polderman
  • E. Wesley Ely
  • Ahmed E. Badr
  • Armand R. J. Girbes
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Kees H. Polderman
    • 1
  • E. Wesley Ely
    • 2
    • 3
  • Ahmed E. Badr
    • 4
  • Armand R. J. Girbes
    • 5
  1. 1.Department of Intensive Care, Medical CenterVU UniversityAmsterdamThe Netherlands
  2. 2.Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care, School of MedicineVanderbilt UniversityNashvilleUSA
  3. 3.Tennessee Valley VA Geriatric Research Education and Clinical CenterNashvilleUSA
  4. 4.Neuroscience ICU, Department of Neurosurgery, Medical CenterUniversity of MississippiJacksonUSA
  5. 5.Department of Intensive Care, Medical CenterVU UniversityAmsterdamThe Netherlands

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